Haryana Government has decided to extent the benefit of Ayushmaan Bharat Yojana to each registered labourer and his dependents in the state.
Under the scheme, free treatment facility up to Rs five lakh would be provided to them.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nayab Singh on Friday said that the labourers in the state would not have to worry about health of his family, education of children and marriage expenditure.
He was addressing a gathering in Antyodaya Mela - Shramik Jagrukta Avm Samman Samaroh organised at Hisar.
On this occasion, he distributed sewing machines to 1,640 women and handed over cheques of over Rs 1.45 crore to 288 beneficiaries under various schemes.
Nayab Singh said that the present State Government had launched 24 schemes for the labourers during its four years tenure and disbursed Rs 600 crore to them whereas the previous government had disbursed only Rs 28 crore to labourers in its ten years tenure.
The State Government would distribute sewing machines to about 60,000 labourer women and in this series, 35,000 sewing machines have so far been distributed, he added.
He further said that three Shramik Melas were organised in Hisar area and amount of Rs 88.48 crore had been disbursed to labourers of the area under various schemes.
The Minister urged the labourers to keep their passbook safely. Earlier, the middlemen used to keep the passbooks of the labourers and charged regular fee but never provided any benefit to them. Strict action would be taken against such middlemen. If passbook of any labourers is with some middlemen then complaint could be filed with the district administration so that action could be taken against such person, he added.
Nayab Singh also presented cheques of over Rs 1.09 crore to 127 beneficiaries under Kanyadan Yojana, Rs 10.80 lakh to 30 beneficiaries under Maternity Scheme, Rs 19.11 lakh to 91 beneficiaries under Paternity Scheme and Rs 6.20 lakh to 40 beneficiaries for their son’s marriage.