Health Insurance Bunkar Bima Yojana important mus know factबंकर बीमा योजना महत्वपूर्ण महत्वपूर्ण तथ्य

Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana ropes over Six lakh handloom workers

Six lakh 29 thousand handloom weavers have been enrolled under the Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana since its inception in FY 2016-17. 

Scheme objective is: Provide insurance cover to handloom weavers under the following events: 

1. Natural death: Insurance amount Rs. 60,000.

2. Accidental death: Insurance amount rupee 1,50,000.

3. Total disability: Insurance amount rupee 1,50,000.

4. Partial disability: Insurance amount rupee 75,000.

ver Six lakh 29 thousand handloom workers across the country have been enrolled under the Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana since 2016-17. 

Under the scheme, the government provides 90 percent subsidy for purchase of looms, 10 percent subsidy on cotton, domestic silk, and woolen. Also, under MUDRA loan at subsidized interest rate of 6 percent for a period of three years is also provided.