Lok Sabha Question No. 4589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Sunil Kumar Singh, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## MAHATMA GANDHI BUNKAR BIMA YOJANA

## 4589.   SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a)  the  details  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  Bunkar  Bima  Yojana  and  objectives  and  eligibility  set  under  the said scheme;
- (b)  the  number  of  persons  provided  assistance  under  the  said  scheme  during  the  last  three  years,  State-wise including Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Maharashtra; and
- (c)  the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  to  provide  benefit  to  more  and  more  people  under  the  said scheme?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): The Government of India, Ministry of Textiles is  implementing  converged  Mahatma  Gandhi Bunkar Bima  Yojana  (MGBBY)  for  providing  Social  Security  benefits  like  life,  accidental  &  disability  insurance coverage to handloom weavers/workers in the age group of 51-59 years across the country, who have already enrolled under the scheme on 31.05.2017. The annual premium of Rs.470/- is shared as under:-

| Government of India   | Rs.290/-   |
|-----------------------|------------|
| Weaver                | Rs.80/-    |
| Implementing Agency   | Rs.100/-   |
| Total Premium         | Rs.470/-   |

## Benefits:

| Natural Death      | Rs.60,000/-   |
|--------------------|---------------|
| Accidental Death   | Rs.1,50,000/- |
| Total Disability   | Rs.1,50,000/- |
| Partial Disability | Rs.75,000/-   |

- (b): The  State-wise  number  of  claims  settled  under  the  above  said  scheme  during  the  last  three  years including in Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Maharashtra is annexed as Annexure-I.
- (c): To  provide  the  benefits  to  all  handloom  weavers/workers  in  an  effective  manner,  the  Government  of India has organized Hasthkala Sahyog Shivirs in handloom clusters across the country in association with State Governments and LIC for creating awareness among the weavers for enrollment under the Scheme. The claim benefits  are  provided  by  LIC  directly  into  the  bank  account  of  beneficiaries  through  Direct  Benefit  Transfer (DBT).

Further, the Government of India, Ministry of Textiles through its Weavers' Service Centres regularly organizes  awareness  programmes  and  camps  to  facilitate  enrolment  of  handloom  weavers/workers  under Government Flagship Insurance Schemes.

| ANNEXURE- I Statement referred to in part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4589 for answer on 20.03.2020   | ANNEXURE- I Statement referred to in part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4589 for answer on 20.03.2020   | ANNEXURE- I Statement referred to in part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4589 for answer on 20.03.2020   | ANNEXURE- I Statement referred to in part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4589 for answer on 20.03.2020   |
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| State-wise number of claims settled under Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana (MGBBY) during the last three years  | State-wise number of claims settled under Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana (MGBBY) during the last three years  | State-wise number of claims settled under Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana (MGBBY) during the last three years  | State-wise number of claims settled under Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana (MGBBY) during the last three years  |
| Name of State                                                                                                    | 2016-17                                                                                                          | 2017-18                                                                                                          | 2018-19                                                                                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                   | 824                                                                                                              | 423                                                                                                              | 238                                                                                                              |
| Assam                                                                                                            | 827                                                                                                              | 289                                                                                                              | 420                                                                                                              |
| Bihar                                                                                                            | 8                                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                     | 8                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                |
| Delhi                                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                  |
| Gujrat                                                                                                           | 25                                                                                                               | 13                                                                                                               | 22                                                                                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                 | 8                                                                                                                | 8                                                                                                                | 7                                                                                                                |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                        | 19                                                                                                               | 9                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                |
| Karnataka                                                                                                        | 469                                                                                                              | 259                                                                                                              | 121                                                                                                              |
| Kerala                                                                                                           | 12                                                                                                               | 10                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                   | 16                                                                                                               | 13                                                                                                               | 10                                                                                                               |
| Maharastra                                                                                                       | 7                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                |
| Manipur                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                  |
| Orissa                                                                                                           | 195                                                                                                              | 189                                                                                                              | 65                                                                                                               |
| Puducherry                                                                                                       | 7                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                  |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                        | 9                                                                                                                | 11                                                                                                               | 3                                                                                                                |
| Sikkim                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                  | 105                                                                                                              |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                       | 498                                                                                                              | 315                                                                                                              | 5                                                                                                                |
| Telangana                                                                                                        | 310                                                                                                              | 383                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                  |
| Tripura                                                                                                          | 7                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                    | 60                                                                                                               | 61                                                                                                               | 8                                                                                                                |
| Uttranchal                                                                                                       | 23                                                                                                               | 12                                                                                                               | 9                                                                                                                |
| West Bengal                                                                                                      | 252                                                                                                              | 210                                                                                                              | 6                                                                                                                |
| Total                                                                                                            | 3588                                                                                                             | 2226                                                                                                             | 1023                                                                                                             |