Insurance Scheme for Domestic Workers

The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), providing for smart card based cashless health insurance cover of Rs. 30,000/- per annum per family to BPL families (a unit of five) in unorganized sector, has since been extended to domestic workers in the country. It is expected to cover the estimated 47.50 lakh domestic workers by the year 2014-15. State Governments have been requested to take necessary steps to implement the scheme for domestic workers.

The Government has set-up a Task Force to evolve a policy frame work for domestic workers in the context of regulatory mechanism and providing social security.

The Minister of Labour and Employment Shri Mallikarjun Kharge gave this information in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.