Lok Sabha Question No. 3968 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Postal Life Insurance Scheme
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3968 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   AUGUST, 2016

## POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE SCHEME

†3968. SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

- (a) Madhya Pradesh;
- (b)
- (c)
- (d) popular in the rural areas?

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state: the current status of the Postal Life Insurance policy in the country, State-wise including the details of the claims lying pending in various post offices as on date, State-wise; the steps taken/being taken by the Government for timely disposal of claims; and the  steps  taken/being  taken  to  promote  Postal  Life  Insurance  policy  and  to  make  it

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) The current status of the Postal Life Insurance Policy in the country, State-wise including Madhya  Pradesh is placed at Annexure 'A'.
- (b) The details of the claims lying pending in various post offices as on date, State-wise is placed at Annexue 'B'.
- (c) Receipt  and  disposal  of  claim  cases  is  a  continuous  process.  The  following  steps  are taken for timely disposal of claims:
- (i) Indexing and monitoring through 808 Central Processing Centres(CPC) in the country.
- (ii) Regular  review  and  monitoring  at  various  levels  to  expedite  settlement  of claims.
- (d) Steps taken to promote Postal Life Insurance policy and to make it popular in rural area as  follows:
- (i) Organizing Postal Life Insurance/Rural Postal Life Insurance Melas in rural areas.
- (ii) Publicity  through  various  media  such  as  advertisement  in  newspapers, television, outdoor publicity, radio jingles etc. and distribution of pamphlets amongst rural population through Gramin Dak Sevaks.

## Annexure-'A'

## Details of PLI/RPLI policies and sum assured as on date

| Sl No.   | Name of State     | PLI                            | PLI                                           | RPLI                            | RPLI                                          |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Sl No.   | Name of State     | No. of PLI policies as on date | Total Sum Assured of policies (Rs. in Crores) | No. of RPLI policies as on date | Total Sum Assured of policies (Rs. in Crores) |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 19516                          | 974.20                                        | 6792                            | 135.84                                        |
| 2        | Assam             | 130461                         | 2642.27                                       | 415961                          | 2625.72                                       |
| 3        | Andhra Pradesh    | 313719                         | 7172.35                                       | 3847879                         | 11540.45                                      |
| 4        | Bihar             | 119504                         | 3044.76                                       | 813787                          | 6000.25                                       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 60630                          | 1286.40                                       | 260909                          | 993.79                                        |
| 6        | Delhi             | 141255                         | 4525.48                                       | 9442                            | 115.59                                        |
| 7        | Goa               | 27184                          | 603.05                                        | 34357                           | 237.94                                        |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 345271                         | 6979.48                                       | 314287                          | 1877.76                                       |
| 9        | Haryana           | 118335                         | 2282.60                                       | 313480                          | 1932.47                                       |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 98794                          | 1825.00                                       | 282133                          | 1844.00                                       |
| 11       | J&K               | 60705                          | 997.94                                        | 119085                          | 570.88                                        |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 100969                         | 3177.92                                       | 667952                          | 2843.02                                       |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 499122                         | 9860.00                                       | 1604663                         | 8072.00                                       |
| 14       | Kerala            | 167423                         | 4352.99                                       | 725557                          | 8879.73                                       |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 178877                         | 2922.00                                       | 827857                          | 3554.00                                       |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 642038                         | 10884.28                                      | 2486221                         | 13534.92                                      |
| 17       | Manipur           | 3266                           | 304.20                                        | 7024                            | 95.84                                         |
| 18       | Meghalaya         | 5511                           | 97.55                                         | 11347                           | 70.41                                         |
| 19       | Mizoram           | 5096                           | 76.44                                         | 10407                           | 78.05                                         |
| 20       | Nagaland          | 3202                           | 40.39                                         | 5736                            | 38.55                                         |
| 21       | Odisha            | 198496                         | 4028.37                                       | 1041902                         | 4795.07                                       |
| 22       | Punjab            | 95406                          | 1817.79                                       | 286061                          | 2138.55                                       |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 225804                         | 4170.60                                       | 1425192                         | 4386.30                                       |
| 24       | Sikkim            | 21359                          | 304.50                                        | 66494                           | 528.97                                        |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 511584                         | 12194.00                                      | 3669013                         | 16804.00                                      |
| 26       | Telangana         | 182840                         | 4270.20                                       | 1637975                         | 5375.70                                       |
| 27       | Tripura           | 9786                           | 105.65                                        | 39255                           | 151.17                                        |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 316959                         | 7179.00                                       | 1190396                         | 5310.00                                       |
| 29       | Uttarakhand       | 61391                          | 1519.35                                       | 380237                          | 2179.34                                       |
| 30       | West Bengal       | 285749                         | 5343.03                                       | 885687                          | 8426.80                                       |
|          | Total             | 4950252                        | 104981.79                                     | 23387088                        | 115137.11                                     |

Contd…3/-

## Annexure-'B'

## Details of pending PLI/RPLI claim cases in various Post Offices as on date

## (Except Army Postal Services)

| Sl No.   | Name of the State   | PLI   | PLI      | PLI       | PLI   | RPLI   | RPLI     | RPLI      | RPLI   |
|----------|---------------------|-------|----------|-----------|-------|--------|----------|-----------|--------|
| Sl No.   | Name of the State   | Death | Maturity | Surrender | Total | Death  | Maturity | Surrender | Total  |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 32    | Nil      | 1         | 33    | 7      | Nil      | Nil       | 7      |
| 2        | Assam               | 1     | 9        | 1         | 11    | 2      | 6        | 4         | 12     |
| 3        | Andhra Pradesh      | 177   | 218      | 316       | 711   | 433    | 1148     | 2435      | 4016   |
| 4        | Bihar               | 2     | 23       | 13        | 38    | 13     | 53       | 34        | 100    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        | 10    | 1        | 6         | 17    | 9      | 4        | 12        | 25     |
| 6        | Delhi               | 19    | 23       | 9         | 51    | Nil    | Nil      | 1         | 1      |
| 7        | Goa                 | Nil   | 2        | 10        | 12    | 1      | Nil      | 6         | 7      |
| 8        | Gujarat             | 96    | 276      | 103       | 475   | 77     | 51       | 161       | 289    |
| 9        | Haryana             | 20    | 17       | 8         | 45    | 10     | 8        | 21        | 39     |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    | 11    | 28       | 58        | 97    | 16     | 17       | 198       | 231    |
| 11       | J&K                 | 7     | 19       | 95        | 121   | 16     | 17       | 182       | 215    |
| 12       | Jharkhand           | 15    | 38       | 43        | 96    | 31     | 235      | 110       | 376    |
| 13       | Karnataka           | 137   | 218      | 453       | 808   | 140    | 131      | 787       | 1058   |
| 14       | Kerala              | 13    | 77       | 29        | 119   | 35     | 147      | 44        | 226    |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh      | 13    | 140      | 16        | 169   | 11     | 310      | 61        | 382    |
| 16       | Maharashtra         | 32    | 79       | 97        | 208   | 20     | 78       | 197       | 295    |
| 17       | Manipur             | 25    | 3        | 5         | 33    | 2      | 5        | Nil       | 7      |
| 18       | Meghalaya           | Nil   | Nil      | Nil       | Nil   | Nil    | Nil      | Nil       | Nil    |
| 19       | Mizoram             | Nil   | Nil      | Nil       | Nil   | Nil    | Nil      | Nil       | Nil    |
| 20       | Nagaland            | 13    | 12       | 28        | 53    | 7      | 40       | 13        | 60     |
| 21       | Odisha              | 56    | 144      | 121       | 321   | 94     | 184      | 632       | 910    |
| 22       | Punjab              | 16    | 21       | 95        | 132   | 12     | 18       | 150       | 180    |
| 23       | Rajasthan           | 37    | 45       | 31        | 113   | 44     | 21       | 165       | 230    |
| 24       | Sikkim              | Nil   | Nil      | Nil       | Nil   | Nil    | Nil      | 5         | 5      |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu          | 65    | 228      | 318       | 611   | 249    | 675      | 3388      | 4312   |
| 26       | Telangana           | 48    | 95       | 130       | 273   | 87     | 311      | 636       | 1034   |
| 27       | Tripura             | 19    | 2        | 1         | 22    | 22     | 1        | 5         | 28     |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh       | 41    | 21       | 143       | 205   | 32     | 20       | 290       | 342    |
| 29       | Uttarakhand         | 14    | 18       | 3         | 35    | 19     | 65       | 18        | 102    |
| 30       | West Bengal         | 79    | 149      | 161       | 389   | 51     | 231      | 343       | 625    |
|          | Total               | 998   | 1906     | 2294      | 5198  | 1440   | 3776     | 9898      | 15114  |

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