Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana for Weavers
RAJYA SABHA
RAJYA SABHA
The
Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana provides life insurance cover to the handloom
weavers in case of Natural Death/Accidental Death, total / Partial Disability
due to accident. The scheme covers weavers in the age group of 18 to 59 years.
Additionally a Scholarship of Rs.300/- per quarter per child studying in Class
IX to XII Standard is given to the children of the weavers covered under
MGBBY. This benefit is restricted to two children. The benefits available under the scheme
during the XI Plan are are shown in the table as
under:
|
1.
|
Natural
Death
|
Rs. 60,000/-
|
|
2.
|
Accidental
|
|
|
|
A)
On death due to accident
|
Rs. 1,50,000/-
|
|
|
B)
Permanent
total disability due to
accident/loss of 2 eyes or 2 limbs OR one eye and one limb.
|
Rs. 1,50,000/-
|
|
|
C)
Loss of one
eye or one limb in an accident
|
Rs. 75,000/-
|
This information was given by the Minister
of State for Textiles, Smt. Panabaaka
Lakshmi
in the Rajya
Sabha
today, in a written reply to a
question by Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan.
The Minister further said that all
the handloom weavers are entitled to be covered under Health Insurance Scheme
and Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima
Yojana on payment of his/her share of premium and
those weavers in respect of whom the premium has
been paid to the Insurance Company namely Life Insurance Corporation of India
and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company have been covered under the Mahatma
Gandhi Bunkar Bima
Yojana and
health Insurance Scheme.
RM/AS- PQ2-USQ 2296
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