MGNREGS Workers under RSBY

The Government is planning to extend Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) to such Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS) workers as have completed 15 days or more during the previous financial year. The premium will be shared between Central and State Government in the ratio of 75:25. In case of States of North-East region and Jammu and Kashmir, the premium will be shared in the ratio of 90:10. Additionally, the cost of smart card of Rs. 60 will be borne by the Central Government. The worker will not be required to pay any premium and will have to pay Rs. 30 only as registration fee.

A statement showing the number of BPL families covered under RSBY is as under:

Sl. No.	Name of the State/UTs	Smart card issued
		2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-11 (upto 28.02.2011)
1.	Arunachal Pradesh	-	-	13,365
2.	Assam	-	81,565	2,04,465
3.	Bihar	5,57,002	20,38,909	46,00,079
4.	Chandigarh	3,627	5,407	4,913
5.	Chhattisgarh	-	9,27,672	10,92,647
6.	Delhi	41,990	2,18,055	2,18,055
7.	Goa	1,679	3,505	0
8.	Gujarat	6,70,517	6,82,354	19,19,086
9.	Haryana	4,01,587	6,82,354	6,03,609
10.	Himachal Pradesh	78,370	115828	2,37,946
11.	Jharkhand	1,01,219	4,34762	12,44,366
12.	Karnataka	-	36,971	1,57,405
13.	Kerala	7,03,570	11,73,388	*17,96,315
14.	Maharashtra	1,35,804	14,40,407	15,90,048
15.	Manipur	-	-	18,259
16.	Meghalaya	-	22,579	50,271
17.	Mizoram			15240
18.	Nagaland	7,645	39,301	39,290
19.	Orissa	-	3,41,653	4,33,079
20.	Punjab	76,528	1,69,306	1,92,544
21.	Rajasthan	1,20,123	Discontinued the scheme
22.	Tamil Nadu	57,925	1,49,520	0
23.	Tripura	-	1,45,780	2,58,402
24.	Uttar Pradesh	8,34,871	42,96,865	46,76,797
25.	Uttarakhand	50,071	53,940	3,13,840
26.	West Bengal	1,19,327	8,02,974	35,04,475
	Total	39,61,855	1,38,65,338	2,31,84,496

The scheme has been extended to building and other construction workers registered under the Building and other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Act, 1996 and street vendors.

The Government proposes to extend RSBY to MGNREGA beneficiaries, beedi workers and also to unorganized sector workers in hazardous mining and associated industries like slate and slate pencil, dolomite, mica and asbestos etc.

This information was given by Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister for Labour And Employment in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.