Sanitation workers demand regularisation, insurance ahead of Delhi Assembly pollsSanitation workers in New Delhi have prioritised demands like regularisation of temporary staff, adequate insurance coverage, and other wel...
14 Jan, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
UP government working on minimum wage guarantee for sanitation workers: CM Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the formation of a committee to work on a minimum wage guarantee for sanitation work...
28 Jan, 2024, 06.28 PM IST
Informal sanitation workers to get govt health insurance cover under PM-JAYThe move comes after recent ground visits revealed how casual workers, specifically sanitation workers, had not tapped into the government ...
22 Sep, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Plea to treat ration dealers as front line workers: HC seeks Delhi govt standA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its response to the plea which ...
19 May, 2021, 02.59 PM IST
All you need to know about the Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for healthcare workersPublic healthcare providers including community health workers, who may have to be in direct contact and care of COVID-19 patients and who ...
22 Jul, 2020, 03.05 PM IST
Govt to provide Rs 50 lakh insurance per health care worker for 3 months due to CoronavirusAll government health centres, wellness centres and hospitals of Centre, as well as States, will be covered under this scheme. Approximatel...
21 Jul, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
FM calls for speedy insurance settlement for healthcare workers battling COVID-19During the review meeting held via video conferencing, a presentation was made by the Chairman and Managing Director of New India Assurance...
13 Jul, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Govt extends Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for healthcare providers till SeptemberThe insurance provides a comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs 50 lakh to a total of around 22.12 lakh public healthcare providers, i...
21 Jun, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
Govt plans special payment for 'behind the Scenes' workersThe scheme aims at providing a “cover” to those workers who are hired on short-term contracts for services.
20 Apr, 2020, 12.11 AM IST
All 22 districts in Bengal to have nodal COVID-19 hospital: Mamata BanerjeeShe also said an insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh will be extended to those who have been aiding the government in the fight against COVID-19,...
30 Mar, 2020, 06.38 PM IST
Government approves insurance scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19"The medical insurance scheme would include sanitation staff, doctors, Asha workers, paramedics and nurses. These professionals are not con...
29 Mar, 2020, 06.07 PM IST
Strike in AP: Banks, PSUs affected; 100 in preventive custodyOver 100 agitators were taken into custody in Visakhapatnam, where the strike evoked a good response in the industrial areas of Gajuwaka an...
02 Sep, 2016, 04.30 PM IST
Grounds for giving RSBY to Health Ministry not 'tenable': Parliamentary panelA Parliamentary panel said the reasons given by the government for transferring the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna from the Labour Ministry ...
23 Apr, 2015, 09.51 PM IST
Labour Minister to transfer Swasthya Bima Yojana to Health from AprilAlso, insurance companies both of public and private sector are participating in the scheme, the Minister said.
09 Mar, 2015, 04.51 PM IST
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana scheme for taxi drivers, rickshaw pullers, rag pickersIn good news for taxi drivers, rickshaw pullers and rag pickers, government today decided to extend the RSBY scheme to them along with mine...
04 Jun, 2013, 10.45 PM IST
Budget 2013: FM permits insurance cos to open branches at will in non-metro citiesFM turned liberal with insurance cos by permitting them to open branches in non-metro cities and become trading members of stock exchanges ...
28 Feb, 2013, 01.23 PM IST
- Government's health insurance scheme to cover rickshaw pullers, cab drivers, miners, sanitation workers and toddy workers
The RSBY provides Rs 30,000 crore annual health cover to a family of five against a token registration charge of Rs 30.
23 Jul, 2011, 03.54 AM IST