Insurance claim of Rs4.74 crore has been cleared to 2,139 tendu patta labourers — under Janshri Insurance Scheme — in financial year 2013-14.
Under the scheme, amount of nearly Rs11 crore and 35 lakh have been distributed as scholarships to more than 94,000 children of tendu patta labourers.
This scheme is operated by Chhattisgarh State Small Forest Produce Cooperative Society, affiliated to State Government’s Forest Department, in association with life Insurance Corporation of India.
Under the scheme, insurance amount is provided to the beneficiary family in case head of the family suffers disability or death.
Insurance claim of Rs30,000 on normal death, claim of Rs37,500 in case of partial disability caused and that of Rs75,000 is provided to the person nominated by the beneficiary in case of permanent disability or death caused in any accident.
Other than insurance claim benefits, the scheme also has a provision of scholarships for children of tendupatta labourers. Scholarship of Rs600 is provided in every six months to the children studying in standard 9th-12th or in ITI. Maximum two children of a beneficiary family are benefited under the scheme.