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SME Times News Bureau | 10 May, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Saturday launched three ambitious social security schemes, relating to
the insurance and pension sector and intended at widening the process of
financial inclusion.
On his first visit to West Bengal after
taking over as prime minister, he kickstarted the "Pradhan Mantri
Suraksha Bima Yojana" (accident insurance), "Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti
Yojana" (life insurance) and "Atal Pension Yojana" at a programme in
Nazrul Manch here.
West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi, Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee, and union ministers Jayant Sinha and Babul
Supriyo attended the function where Modi inaugurated a plaque by
pressing a remote button to launch the schemes.
An audio visual
film was then shown highlighting salient features of the three schemes.
The prime minister then handed out certificates to the first three
subscribers - including two women.
The Jan Suraksha Yojana, under
which the schemes were launched countrywide, is expected to reduce the
number of zero balance bank accounts created under the Jan Dhan Yojana.
The schemes target the poor and unorganised sector who are neither
covered by any form of insurance nor get pension.
Under the
accident insurance scheme, a person will be provided cover of Rs.200,000
for an annual premium of Rs.12. The cover is for accidental death or
permanent total disability.
The scheme will be available to
people in the age group of 18 to 70 years with a savings bank account,
who give their consent to join and enable auto-debit on or before May 31
for the coverage period - June 1 to May 31 - on an annual renewal
basis.
The life insurance scheme will offer a renewable one year
life cover of Rs.200,000 to all savings bank account holders in the age
group of 18 to 50 years, covering death due to any reason, for a premium
of Rs.330 per annum per subscriber.
On the other hand, the
pension scheme focuses on the unorganised sector and provides
subscribers a fixed minimum pension of Rs.1,000, Rs.2,000, Rs.3,000,
Rs.4,000 or Rs.5,000 per month starting at the age of 60 years,
depending on the contribution option exercised on entering at an age
between 18 and 40 years.
Thus, the period of contribution by any subscriber under APY would be 20 years or more.
The benefit of fixed minimum pension enjoys sovereign guarantee.
While
the scheme is open to bank account holders in the prescribed age group,
the central government would also co-contribute 50 percent of the total
contribution or Rs. 1,000 per annum, whichever is lower, for five
years.
The government contribution will be for those joining the
scheme before Dec 31, 2015, are not members of any statutory social
security scheme and are not income tax payers.
It is estimated
that the unorganised sector workers, which constitute 88 percent of the
total labour force of 47.29 crore, as per the 66th Round of NSSO Survey
of 2011-12, do not have any formal pension provision.
The three
schemes were simultaneously launched at 112 centres in different states
and union territories attended by respective chief ministers/governors
and the union ministers.
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