In a bid to bring various insurance schemes under one umbrella, the Manohar Lal Khattar Government in Haryana has established Haryana Pariwar Suraksha Nyas.
The Trust has been formed to consolidate lakhs of beneficiaries of the existing insurance schemes of various Government departments under one roof to avoid duplication of beneficiaries, effective implementation of schemes and saving additional cost to the state exchequer.
A State Government’s notification issued on Wednesday stated, “The Governor of Haryana is pleased to establish Haryana Pariwar Suraksha Nyas under the provisions of the Indian Trust Act, 1862, as amended from time and time.”
The terms and conditions for the functioning of the Trust are yet to be notified by the State Government.
A senior State Government official, who did not wish to be named, told The Pioneer that in the first phase, the government has decided to include insurance schemes run by the Departments while in the second phase, Boards and Corporations will be included.
The objective of establishing the Trust is to ensure that there is no duplication of insurance schemes and beneficiaries in the state. At present, budgets for such schemes are allocated to different departments and rationalization of such schemes will also help the government save additional cost to the state exchequer. The State Government pays crores of rupees as premium under such insurance schemes annually yet many eligible beneficiaries could not avail the benefits, the official said.
Giving an overview of the schemes which would be brought under the ambit of the Trust, the official said that various insurance schemes under urban local bodies, accidental insurance scheme, livestock insurance scheme, disability compensation scheme, insurance scheme for traders, insurance schemes under Women and Child Development among others will be covered under this.
Data related to the schemes and beneficiaries have been sought from the Departments and the Finance Department is charting out a roadmap to bring all insurance schemes of the State Government under one umbrella, the official added.
Notably, the State Government had earlier launched Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) initiative to give benefits of the schemes and services being given by various departments. About 64 lakh families in the state have been registered in the PPP to get a single unique family ID to avail benefits under government schemes and services.