OVER ONE LAKH AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS COVERED UNDER SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME

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More than one lakh agricultural labourers have so far been covered under the Krishi Shramik Samajik Suraksha Yojna - 2001 in various parts of the country. Stating this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, the Labour Minister Shri Sharad Yadav said that Rs.2.11 crore have been collected as premium upto 31st March this year. He said that the highest number of beneficiaries covered so far are in Madhya Pradesh (18,807) followed by Tamil Nadu (11,271), Andhra Pradesh (10,991) and Chattisgarh (9,938). Under the Scheme, the worker is required to pay one rupee per day while the Central Government contributes two rupees per beneficiary. Shri Yadav said that under this scheme funds are not released to the State governments as the Central share has been automatically credited to the LIC from the Social Security Fund on the basis of the workers covered and premium deposited. The Social Security Scheme, Krishi Shramik Samajik Suraksha Yojna - 2001 launched in July last year through the Life Insurance Corporation of India in fifty selected districts intends to cover 10 lakh agricultural workers over a period of three years. The Scheme has provision of life-cum -accident insurance, money back, pension and superannuation benefits.