Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday announced that the Chhattisgarh Government would insure around 30 lakh workers at its own cost for the next 10 years. He was addressing a Workers’ Convention at the Indoor Stadium in Raipur as part of the ‘Raksha Bandhan’ celebrations.
Singh announced that out of the 30 lakh workers to be insured, around 17 lakh workers would be from unorganised sector, 13 lakh workers from Primary Forest Produce Co-operative Commitees under Prime Minister Insurance Scheme at the annual premium of `12 for each worker which would be borne by the State Government. The Workers’ Convention was organised by ‘Chhattisgarh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board in joint association with the Raipur District Administration.
The Chief Minister said that the State government had extended the facility of online registration for the workers for helping them avail benefit of its various schemes.
Singh also announced that the State Government had also announced free education for the children of workers from the unorganised sector in Engineering, Medical colleges including ITIs and Nursing courses.