Question : LIFE INSURANCE TO COAL MINE WORKERS



(a) whether the government proposes to provide life insurance cover to the labourers working in coal mines;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be done;and

(c) the amount of life insurance cover to be provided by the government to each labourer?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL (SHRI SANTOSH BAGRODIA)

(a) to (c) Insurance coverage to the labourers working in coal mines already exists in the case of all the Public Sector Undertakings under the Ministry of Coal.Hence,there is no separate proposal under consideration of the Government at present.