In order to help in the social security and disaster of the rural families of the State, under Rural Development Department (RDD), get insurance (Bima Karao) campaign to be launched on Saturday in every district of the State under the scheme to connect women and families of Sakhi Mandal with insurance on priority basis. The campaign will continue till September, 7.
RDD Secretary, Dr Manish Ranjan has directed all the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of the State through a letter to conduct a one-month insurance campaign-’a secure future, a happy family’ from August 7 to September 7. In a letter issued as per the instructions of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Ranjan has given priority to belonging to SHGs in the State, the rural women and their husbands to be added with Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Atal Pension scheme and Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
Ranjan said it is to ensure to link the members of SHGs and their families on priority to Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Atal Pension Yojana and Ayushman Bharat-Jan Arogya Yojana. “According to the provisions of the campaign, the amount of premium for Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, SHGs help group can take Rs 350 per member as interest free loan from their group,” he added.
The RDD Secretary said that in order to expedite the claim settlement of SHGs under get insurance campaign provision has already been made for payment of Rs 1,000 per claim settlement to community cadres under Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana — National Rural Livelihoods Mission in the State so that Bank through Sakhi and BC Sakhi, the work of claim settlement can be further accelerated.
Ranjan has issued instructions to all the Deputy Commissioners and Deputy Development Commissioners to insure all the districts and blocks at their level. He has also directed to run a special nomination and claim settlement campaign for one month during this campaign. Blocks and districts that have achieved more than 70 per cent of the target during the campaign will be awarded at the end of the campaign, he added.
Under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission, a total of 33 lakh rural women have been organized in 2.63 lakh Sakhi mandals in the State.