Hi Suresh,
As per the head Income from Salary : 1 proviso tp section 17(2):
The value of reimbursement of medical expenses to an employee/provision of medical facilities by an employer to an employee is exempt from tax under the 1st proviso to sec.17(2).Under the proviso exemption from tax will be available in respect of:
1) medical facilities provided to an employee or any member of his family in any hospital maintained by the employer;
2)reimbursement, by the employer, of expenditure actually incurred by the employee on his medical treatment or treatment of any member of his family -
a) in any hospital maintained by the government or any local authority or an approved hospital under central health scheme or a similar scheme of any state govt.
b) in respect of the prescribed diseases or ailments, in any hospital approved by the chief commissioner, subject to the condition that the employee attached with the return of income a certificate from the said hospital specifying the disease or aliment for which medical treatment was required as well as receipt of the amount paid to the hospital;
3) group medical insurance taken by the employer for his employees or reimbursement of medical insurance premium paid by the employee on his health or on the health of any member of his family under scheme approved by the central govt. for the purposes of sections 36(1)(ib)/80D
4) reimbursement by the employer of actual expenditure incurred by an employee for medical treatment from any doctor in respect of the employee, or any member of the family of such employee, not exceeding in the aggregate Rs.15000/- in the previous year
5) actual expenditure incurred by the employer on medical treatment of the employee or any member of the family of such employee, outside india.
The expenditure incurred by the employer on travel and stay abroad of the patient and one attendant is also emempt from tax subject to the condition that -
a) the expenditure on medical treatment and stay abroad will be emempt only to the extent permitted by RBI, and
b) the expenditure on travel is emempt only in the case of an employee whose gross total income,as computed before including therein the said expenditure, does not exceed Rs.200,000/-.
6) reimbursement of expenditure by the employer in respect of any expenditure actually incurred by the employee for any purposes mentioned in (5) above subject to the conditions specified therein.