Rickshaw pullers, rag pickers, sanitation workers to be covered under RSB Yojana

By Haryananewswire 

CHANDIGARH, SEPT  19

The Haryana Government has decided to extend the benefit of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana to rickshaw pullers, rag pickers, mine workers, sanitation workers and auto rickshaw and taxi drivers in the state.

     While stating this here today, a spokesman of HealthDepartment said that this decision would cover 2.16 lakh additional beneficiaries. He said that the estimated financial implication would be Rs. 5.80 crore during the current financial year out of which 25 per cent amount that is Rs.1.45 crore would be borne by the State Government.
Till now street vendors, beedi workers, domestic workers, building and other construction workers and MGNREGA workers are covered under the scheme.

    He said that the total number of rickshaw pullers benefiting from the decision is estimated at 27 thousand, Rag Pickers about 23 thousand, mine workers about 27 thousand, sanitation workers about 22 thousand. Apart from this, about 72 thousand auto rickshaw drivers and taxi drivers would be benefitted by the decision, he added.