Patiala, Jan. 28 -- The registration process under the newly launched health insurance scheme - Mukhya Mantri Sehat Yojana - has run into teething troubles across Punjab, with village-level entrepreneurs operating common service centres not visiting hospitals to enrol in-patients, despite directions from the health minister.

The Punjab government has outsourced the enrolment of beneficiaries under the universal health insurance scheme to common service centres. Officials familiar with the matter said the non-compliance by village-level entrepreneurs has forced several civil surgeons to flag the issue and report it to higher authorities.

The Mukhya Mantri Sehat Yojana, a flagship scheme of the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government, was launch...