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Vivek Joshi, secretary, department of financial services chaired a meeting virtually yesterday with chief secretaries/senior officials of all states and union territories to sensitise and impress upon them the salient features of the intensive three-month campaign to boost coverage of micro-insurance schemes at the gram panchayat level.
Beginning April 1, the three-month campaign will cover all the districts in the country.
As a step towards amassing scale, Joshi will also be taking a meeting with the heads of all Public Sector Banks (PSBs) on Thursday to ensure that the saturation campaign reaches to the maximum number of eligible beneficiaries.
The PMJJBY and PMSBY are aimed at providing life and accidental insurance cover to citizens, especially in the marginal sections of society, as part of social security cover. PMJJBY provides insurance cover of Rs two lakh in the event of death due to any reason, whereas PMSBY provides accidental insurance cover of Rs two lakh for death or full permanent disability and Rs one lakh in case of partial permanent disability.
First Published: Apr 11 2023 | 2:15 PM IST
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