Lok Sabha Question No. 942 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## MAHATMA GANDHI BUNKAR BIMA YOJANA

## 942.  SHRI RANJEETSINHA HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

(a) the salient features of Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana alongwith the details of its objectives and eligibility criteria;

(b) the total number of people benefited under Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise, particularly in Maharashtra; and

(c) the details of efforts being made by the Government to provide coverage to maximum number of people under the Yojana?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): The Converged Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana (MGBBY), a component of Handloom Weavers Comprehensive Welfare Scheme, is an insurance scheme offering life insurance cover and accidental insurance cover for death or disability for a closed group of handloom weavers/workers in the age group of 51-59 years who have already enrolled under the scheme on 31.05.2017. LIC of India has conveyed to the Ministry of Textiles that the beneficiaries of the converged scheme have to be transitioned to full premium payment regime with effect from 1 st April, 2020. The annual premium of Rs.470/- is shared as under:-

| Government of India   | Rs.290/-   |
|-----------------------|------------|
| Weaver/worker         | Rs.80/-    |
| LIC of India          | 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 during the last three years and current year including in Maharashtra is at Annexure-I.

(c): State Governments are advised to enroll maximum number of weavers/workers under Handloom Weavers Comprehensive Welfare Scheme. To provide the benefits to all handloom weavers/workers in an effective manner, the Government of India had 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.

## ANNEXURE- I

Statement referred to in part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.942 for answering on 18.09.2020

| State-wise number of claims settled during the last three years and current year   | State-wise number of claims settled during the last three years and current year   | State-wise number of claims settled during the last three years and current year   | State-wise number of claims settled during the last three years and current year   | State-wise number of claims settled during the last three years and current year   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of State                                                                      | 2017-18                                                                            | 2018-19                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                            | 2020-21                                                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                     | 423                                                                                | 238                                                                                | 17                                                                                 |                                                                                    |
| Assam                                                                              | 289                                                                                | 420                                                                                |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Bihar                                                                              | 2                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                       | 5                                                                                  | 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Gujarat                                                                            | 13                                                                                 | 22                                                                                 |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                   | 8                                                                                  | 7                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                    | 4                                                                                  | 1                                                                                  | 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    |
| Jharkhand                                                                          | 9                                                                                  | 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Karnataka                                                                          | 259                                                                                | 121                                                                                | 24                                                                                 |                                                                                    |
| Kerala                                                                             | 10                                                                                 |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                     | 13                                                                                 | 10                                                                                 |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Maharashtra                                                                        | 5                                                                                  | 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Manipur                                                                            |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Odisha                                                                             | 189                                                                                | 65                                                                                 | 35                                                                                 | 6                                                                                  |
| Puducherry                                                                         | 5                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Rajasthan                                                                          | 11                                                                                 | 3                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Sikkim                                                                             |                                                                                    | 105                                                                                |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                         | 315                                                                                | 5                                                                                  | 266                                                                                | 29                                                                                 |
| Telangana                                                                          | 383                                                                                |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Tripura                                                                            |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 1                                                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                      | 61                                                                                 | 8                                                                                  | 7                                                                                  | 1                                                                                  |
| Uttarakhand                                                                        | 12                                                                                 | 9                                                                                  | 4                                                                                  |                                                                                    |
| West Bengal                                                                        | 210                                                                                | 6                                                                                  | 187                                                                                |                                                                                    |
| Total                                                                              | 2226                                                                               | 1023                                                                               | 541                                                                                | 37                                                                                 |