Lok Sabha Question No. 4381 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-12
Subject: Aam Admi Bima Yojana
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4381

To be answered on Friday, August 12, 2016/Shravana 21, 1938 (Saka)

## Aam Admi Bima Yojana

## 4381. DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether poor farmers and their families are covered under the Aam Admi Bima Yojana;
- (b) if so, the details and the salient features thereof; and
- (c) the number of persons/groups covered under the Yojana so far, State/UTwise?

## Answer

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar)

- (a) and  (b)  Aam  Aadmi  Bima  Yojana  (AABY)  extends  life  and  disability  cover  to  persons between the age group of 18 years to 59 years, living below poverty line and marginally above the poverty line under 48 identified vocational/ occupational groups. Agriculturists is one of the identified groups. The scheme provides insurance cover of Rs 30,000/- on natural death,   Rs.  75,000/-  on  death  due  to  accident,  Rs.  37,500/-  for  partial  permanent  disability and Rs. 75,000/- for total permanent disability due to accident. The scheme also provides add-on-benefit,  wherein  scholarship  of  Rs  100  per  month  per  child  is  paid  on  half-yearly basis to a maximum of two children of the beneficiary studying in 9 th to 12 th Standard. The annual premium under the scheme is Rs. 200/- per beneficiary out of which 50 per cent is contributed  from  the  Social  Security  Fund  created  by  the  Central  Government  and maintained by LIC. The balance 50 per cent is contributed by the State Government /UTs in case  of  'Rural  Landless  Households',  and  for  other  groups,  it  is  contributed  by  the  State Government/Nodal Agency/ Individual as the case may be.
- (c)  The State / UT - wise coverage under the scheme is detailed in the Annexure.

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## Annexure

| STATEWISE AABY COVERAGE AS AT MARCH2016   | STATEWISE AABY COVERAGE AS AT MARCH2016   |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| STATES                                    | AABY COVERAGE                             |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                            | 6902935                                   |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                         | 13013                                     |
| ASSAM                                     | 242607                                    |
| BIHAR                                     | 605415                                    |
| CHANDIGARH                                | 2669                                      |
| CHHATTISGARH                              | 4570675                                   |
| DELHI                                     | 103677                                    |
| GOA                                       | 55309                                     |
| GUJARAT                                   | 980946                                    |
| HARYANA                                   | 1267273                                   |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                          | 48328                                     |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR                            | 101330                                    |
| JHARKHAND                                 | 334975                                    |
| KARNATAKA                                 | 2589615                                   |
| KERALA                                    | 854702                                    |
| MADHYA PRADESH                            | 4572068                                   |
| MAHARASHTRA                               | 580605                                    |
| MANIPUR                                   | 24241                                     |
| MEGHALAYA                                 | 12557                                     |
| MIZORAM                                   | 4252                                      |
| NAGALAND                                  | 12490                                     |
| ORISSA                                    | 2521383                                   |
| PUDUCHERRY                                | 99132                                     |
| PUNJAB                                    | 68445                                     |
| RAJASTHAN                                 | 4439777                                   |
| SIKKIM                                    | 2952                                      |
| TAMIL NADU                                | 1303949                                   |
| TELANGANA                                 | 3666723                                   |
| TRIPURA                                   | 30813                                     |
| UTTAR PRADESH                             | 7876133                                   |
| UTTRANCHAL                                | 779371                                    |
| WEST BENGAL                               | 437338                                    |
| ANDAMAN &NIKOBAR ISLAND                   | 1399                                      |
| LAKSHDWEEP                                | 203                                       |
| DADRA &NHAVELI                            | 482                                       |
| DAMAN &DIU                                | 202                                       |
| AABY COVERAGE AS AT MARCH2016             | 45107984                                  |