Lok Sabha Question No. 5331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-06
Subject: Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## MAHATMA GANDHI BUNKAR BIMA YOJANA

## 5331. SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  monitoring  the  status  of  implementation  of Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of weavers who have been benefited from the scheme during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( श्री अज )

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

- (a) Yes Madam.
- (b) The  Implementing  Agency  i.e.  LIC  of  India  is  forwarding  monthly  details  of enrollment/coverage  of  weavers  to  the  Development  Commissioner  for  Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles.
- (c) Placed at Annexure

## ANNEXURE

## Number of weavers benefitted during the last three years under  Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana

| Sl. No.   | Name of State     | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 70962     |     87704 |     62234 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0         |         0 |         0 |
| 3         | Assam             | 58323     |     54627 |     61021 |
| 4         | Bihar             | 858       |       309 |         0 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 249       |      5148 |       488 |
| 6         | Delhi             | 0         |         0 |         0 |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 6373      |      6381 |      7637 |
| 8         | Goa               | 0         |         0 |         0 |
| 9         | Haryana           | 115       |       378 |       110 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 4673      |      6161 |      4940 |
| 11        | J&K               | 607       |       563 |       515 |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 418       |       745 |       745 |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 44171     |     41263 |     53628 |
| 14        | Kerala            | 5672      |      5233 |      8446 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1269      |      1010 |       434 |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 695       |      2714 |       135 |
| 17        | Manipur           | 5015      |      5368 |      3579 |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 15500     |     15837 |       165 |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 0         |         0 |         0 |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 0         |         0 |         0 |
| 21        | Orissa            | 28698     |      5418 |     26488 |
| 22        | Pondicherry       | 1575      |      1027 |       990 |
| 23        | Punjab            | 0         |         0 |         0 |
| 24        | Rajasthan         | 2821      |      2220 |      2698 |
| 25        | Sikkim            | 262       |       129 |        87 |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu        | 234649    |    232739 |    226677 |
| 27        | Telangana         |           |     19503 |     16385 |
| 28        | Tripura           | 24692     |      1266 |       970 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 11952     |     15959 |      1353 |
| 30        | Uttarakhand       | 1065      |      1588 |       955 |
| 31        | West Bengal       | 54204     |     61500 |     91447 |
|           | TOTAL             | 599236    |    574790 |    583853 |

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