On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Union Minister Piyush
Goyal Saturday August 29,2015said in Varanasi that as many as 51,000 women and girls of
Varanasi will be insured under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
as a gift from the Prime Minister.
The Union minister said that the scheme was a brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to empower a large number of women.
Addressing
a gathering of women at a school here, Goyal said that he has come with
a gift of insurance scheme on Raksha Bandhan for the women and girls of
Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency.
“As many as 51,000
women and girls in Varanasi are set to get Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s gift of this insurance scheme, in which an accident cover of Rs. 2 lakhs will be provided at a premium of Rs. 12 per year only,” the Union minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy said.
Wishing
Raksha Bandhan to the people of the constituency on behalf of the Prime
Minister, Goyal said the scheme will be provided free of cost.
“Rs
201 is the full time premium charge which the party is expected to get
from charitable trusts, NGO’s and other organisations,” he said
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