Life cover and other benefits under PMJDY scheme

Under the PMJDY scheme, a person opening a Bank account for the first time is offered a RuPay Card free of charge. In addition, people who have opened a bank account during the period from 15-08-14 to 26-01-15, or any additional period as may be extended further by the government of India, will be covered with life insurance of Rs. 30000/ in a situation of unforeseen tragedies. This insurance cover provides coverage for the account holder’s life. It offers coverage to the family of the account holder, in case he/she dies. The premium for the life cover is sustained by the government of India. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana makes it possible for deprived persons to have life insurance. No minimum balance is required in the bank account. Rs. 1 lakh of accident insurance cover free. Accounts opened after 28.8.18 will get an accidental cover of Rs 2 lakh. The premium for the life cover is sustained by the government of India. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana makes it possible for deprived persons to have life insurance.

The insurance under the PMJDY scheme aims to salvage the dependents of poor people who cannot afford direct insurance. According to the scheme, the head of the family who is in the age group of 18 to 59 years is covered with life insurance of Rs.30000/-. The family head will exit from the scheme on reaching age 60 i.e. on the day the person turns 60. However, the second earning member of the family who is in the age group 18 to 59 years will be covered under the scheme instead of the person who exits from the scheme, subject to his/her eligibility under the scheme. Only one person in the family is eligible for the Bima scheme of LIC under PMJDY. However, the insured person must have a RuPay card and Bio-Metric card linked to a bank account or in the process of being linked to the bank account if not already there. For the effective coverage of insurance, the RuPay card should be valid and in force.

The following categories of people are not eligible for the insurance scheme of PMJDY

1. Central Government and State Government employees (in service or retired) and their families.
2. Employees (in service or retired) of Public Sector Undertakings, Public Sector Banks,
3. any entity owned by the Central Government, any entity owned by a State Government or
4. any entity jointly owned by the Central Government and any State Government, and their
5. Persons whose income is taxable under the I.T. Act 1961 or are filing the yearly Income Tax
6. return or in whose case TDS is being deducted from the income, and their families.
7. Persons who are included in the ‘Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana’ covering 48 occupations defined under the Scheme, and their families.
8. Otherwise, eligible account holders, who have life cover on account of any other scheme of the Bank against the account, shall have to choose between the two schemes and derive benefit from only one.
9. All persons who do not fulfill the basic eligibility conditions of the scheme.

Death benefit eligibility:

The Claim will be paid to the nominee who is the nominee in the Bank Account.

Settlement of claim:

Claim papers will be collected by the District Branch / Nodal Branch of the concerned Bank and the same is submitted to the Pension & Group Scheme Units of LIC for processing of claims. The Claim amount will be credited to the Bank account of the nominee through APBS/NEFT.

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