The scheme will profit everlasting and contractual staff, a Defence Ministry Assertion mentioned (FILE)
New Delhi:
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday launched a life insurance coverage scheme that can present a canopy of Rs 5 lakhs every to greater than 10,000 staff working in cantonment areas throughout India.
“Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana”, a gaggle life insurance coverage scheme via the Life Insurance coverage Company (LIC), was launched by Singh throughout a webinar attended by presidents, vice-presidents and chief government officers of all 62 cantonment boards, a press release by the Ministry of Defence mentioned.
In response to the assertion, Mr Singh additionally mentioned there must be no gaps in implementation of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) like Ayushman Bharat and Pradhana Mantri Awas Yojana within the cantonment areas.
The brand new scheme will profit “greater than 10,000 staff in all 62 cantonment boards within the occasion of any unlucky deadly calamity with an insurance coverage cowl of Rs 5 lakhs every”, it famous.
The scheme will profit everlasting and contractual staff, together with docs, paramedics and sanitation workers, the assertion mentioned.
In his speech, Mr Singh mentioned the webinar was an essential step in direction of seamless supply of advantages of varied CSS and in bettering the general well-being of roughly 21 lakh residents within the cantonment areas.
“Citing welfare schemes like Ayushman Bharat, Pradhana Mantri Awas Yojana, Sensible Cities Mission, mid-day meal scheme for varsity kids and so on, Shri Rajnath Singh mentioned there must be no gaps in implementation of those welfare schemes in cantonment areas,” the assertion mentioned.
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