Rajnath approves insurance scheme for BRO workers
Hindustan TimesDefence minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to provide insurance cover to tens of thousands of casual workers employed by the Border Roads Organisation to build infrastructure in the country’s farthest frontiers. Defence minister Rajnath Singh had earlier approved the policy for the preservation and transportation of the mortal remains of casual paid labourers to their native place “This scheme will provide ₹10 lakh as insurance in any kind of death to the family of casual paid labourers,” the defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday. “Keeping in view the severe risk posed to the lives of casual paid labourers posted in hazardous worksites, inclement weather, inhospitable terrain and occupational health hazards, and considering the deaths occurred/reported during their engagement, the provision of insurance coverage on humanitarian grounds will prove to be a great morale booster,” the statement said. BRO employs up to one lakh casual workers to build border infrastructure in areas stretching from Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim to Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
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