64 KB smart-card printing charges
Charges checked: 6 October 2026. The official ECHS homepage lists these printing rates:
| Card request | Amount |
|---|---|
| Fresh 64 KB card | ₹172.50 |
| Replacement of an old 16/32 KB card | ₹129.38 |
| Replacement after loss of a 64 KB card | ₹51.75 |
These are card-printing charges, not the ECHS membership contribution. The homepage notice does not specify an effective date or a separate data-correction rate. Do not assume the lost-card amount applies to every reprint; confirm the category and amount in the official application before paying, then save the receipt.
Official ECHS homepage: revised printing rates · Official smart-card application
Step 1: Before you start
Identify the exact issue: faulty chip/printing, wrong stored data, blocked card, mobile-number problem or forgotten password. Keep your ECHS card/application details, registered mobile and Parent Polyclinic details ready.
Step 2: If a new card looks wrong
Compare the physical card with the data in your official online smart-card application. If online data is correct but the card is printed wrongly, report it as a faulty-card case through the Parent Polyclinic. If online data itself is wrong, use Change in Data.
Step 3: If the card will not activate/read
Visit the Parent Polyclinic and try the required PIN change/activation. If the card cannot be detected by KIOSK/I-CAT or PIN activation fails, ask the OIC Parent Polyclinic to initiate the chip-fault workflow.
Step 4: What the Parent Polyclinic does for a fault
The OIC records the visual/chip fault in the faulty-card module, checks the card details and, for visual faults, uploads front/back photographs. The card is blocked and the temporary slip becomes active.
Step 5: What happens next
The faulty card moves from Parent Polyclinic to Regional Centre and onward to the vendor for rectification, then returns through the same chain for handover. Use the activated temporary slip in the interim as permitted by ECHS.
Step 6: How to correct stored data after printing
Log in to the official smart-card application. Use MORE OPTION > BLOCK CARD and select DUE TO CHANGE IN DATA. Then open MORE OPTION > CHANGE IN DATA, select the beneficiary and edit the required field.
Step 7: Yellow-field change
A Yellow-field correction requires card-printing payment. After payment, the Record Office verifies the application; after verification it goes for printing. For White Cards, follow the additional verification shown by ECHS. Print the temporary slip after verification and have it countersigned by the OIC Parent Polyclinic.
Step 8: Green-field change
No printing payment is required. After saving, the card is automatically unblocked. Visit the Parent Polyclinic and insert the card in the KIOSK so the changed data is written to the card.
Step 9: If primary-member Yellow data changes
ECHS says all dependant cards are also blocked and payment is required for all affected cards. Check carefully before confirming this type of correction.
Step 10: How long will it take?
The cited ECHS procedures describe the workflow but do not promise one universal completion time for every faulty-card or data-correction case. Keep the acknowledgement and follow the case through the Parent Polyclinic/Regional Centre rather than relying on an invented number of days.
Step 11: Whom to contact if stuck
Start with the OIC Parent Polyclinic for a physical card/fault workflow. For cases moving beyond the polyclinic, the Regional Centre is the next administrative layer. For account/mobile/password issues, use the specific current ECHS online policy matching the problem.