M. Kanagavalli, CEO of the zilla panchayat, said on Saturday that the more people in the district should be included under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and the Atal Pension Yojana.
She was speaking after inaugurating the district-level awareness and enrolment programme on these three schemes here.
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana is an accidental death insurance scheme available to people in the age-group of 18 to 70 years with bank accounts.
Ms. Kanagavalli said that the officers or those involved in creating awareness should give clear information that a copy of First Information Report and post-mortem report especially with regard to the Prime Minister’s Suraksha Bima Yojana.
Already 45,570 applications had already been distributed under these schemes.
The district had a population of 11.5 lakh. There were 2.53 lakh households. Udupi district was 100 per cent financially included under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana in December 2014. There were 21 lakh savings bank accounts in the district.
“Hence, there should be more response to these three schemes. The Zilla Panchayat had already taken steps to inform about these three schemes in the villages through the Panchayat Development Officers,” Ms. Kanagavalli said.
K. Subba Rao, District Lead Chief Manager, welcomed the gathering. H.V. Bharam Gowdar, Deputy General Manager of Syndicate Bank, T.V. Bhat, Managing Trustee of Jnan Jyoti Financial Literacy and Credit Counselling Centre, were present.
District-level awareness and enrolment programme inaugurated
