Haryana Government has decided to cover all the residents of the State under the ambit of Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), which provides accidental insurance coverage to the persons in the age group of 18 to 70 on death and disability.
The annual insurance premium of Rs 12 will be reimbursed by the Government to all the beneficiaries.
A notification to this effect issued by Social Justice and Empowerment Department stated that under this scheme, which would be effective from June 1, 2017, all beneficiaries in the State would get accidental cover of Rs 2 lakh.
Persons in the age group of 18 to 70 years would be eligible to get Rs 12 from the State Government in their Aadhaar seeded saving bank accounts.
The beneficiaries who have enrolled themselves during the year period from June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017 will be entitled to get the reimbursement of premium. The scheme would also provide insurance benefit of Rs 2 lakh for total and irrecoverable loss of both eyes or loss of use of both hands or feet or loss of sight of one eye and loss of use of hand or foot due to accident.
With the implementation of PMSBY the existing Rajiv Gandhi Parivar Bima Yojana (RGPBY) had ceased from March 31, 2017. The objective of the scheme will be an Accident Insurance Scheme with one year cover, renewable from year to year offering accidental death and disability cover, the spokesman said.