Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

09-December-2011 16:51 IST

All the Khadi artisans are covered under centralized scheme known as Khadi Karigar Janashree Bima Yojana. This scheme was launched on 15^th August, 2003. At the initiative of Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC), benefits of Janashree Bima Yojana have been extended to Khadi Karigars at a subsidized premium of only Rs. 12.50 per annum. The balance premium is shared by Khadi Institution and KVIC and Rs.50 is paid from social security funds. The break up of premium contribution is as under:

The benefits paid under the scheme are as under:

The number of artisans so far covered in the current plan period under the scheme is 2.77 lakhs and by the end of plan period the target is 2.90 lakhs artisans.

The funds incurred   by the Khadi Institutions and Union Government under the said Yojana so far is Rs.5.16 crore and Rs.10.31 crore respectively.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri   Namo Narain Meena in written reply to an Unstarred Question in Lok  Sabha today.

SS/HB/GN

Social insurance for khadi artisans under Janashree Bima Yojana provides subsidised premium sharing and defined death and disability benefits. Janashree Bima Yojana provides centralized social insurance for Khadi artisans through a subsidised premium split among the artisan, the affiliated Khadi institution, a central implementing agency, and a social security fund; it specifies lump sum benefits for natural death, accidental death or total permanent disability, and partial permanent disability, and reports current enrolment, target coverage, and aggregate funding inputs by Khadi institutions and the central government.