Labour & Employment Department Government of Gujarat
Department of Labor Seal
 
 Home | Sitemap | Feedback Unit 
Find It!
Introduction
Mission
Objectives
Role/Responsibility
Policy
Organisation Chart
Offices and Contact Persons
Functions
Protective Measurs for Rural Workers
Forms
Schemes for Rural Workers
Other Schemes

 

Insurance Schemes
Group Insurance Scheme For landless agriculture labourers
Group Insurance Scheme For Fishermen and Forest Workers
Group Insurance Scheme for Salt workers
Shramik Suraksha Scheme
 

Shramik Suraksha Scheme:

For Rural and Urban unorganized workers;

     State Government has launched the largest group insurance scheme first time in the country, commenced from date 26-1-96 covering 70 lakh unorganized agricultural labours and rural workers of 14 to 70 years of age group of urban and rural area of the state, which provide insurance of Rs. 20000/- in the case of accidental death and permanent disability and Rs. 10000/- in the case of partial disability. The workers in the field of agriculture, live stock ,forestation, fisheries, plantation, horticulture and their allied activities as well as workers engaged in the occupation of mineral ,mines and quarry, processing, serving and repairing, construction and all the other workers, who are not covered under the employees insurance scheme and workmen compensation Act.

Progressive figures of Last Five years:

Year
First Policy
Second Policy
Third Policy
Fourth Policy
Fifth Policy
Sixth Policy
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1996-97 273 54.20 - - - - - - - - - -
1997-98 271 73.40 126 25.10 - - - - - - - -
1998-99 - - 497 91.10 328 65.50 - - - - - -
1999-2000 23 460 - - 380 75.90 842 168.00 - - - -
2000-2001 - - 16 2.90 223 44.40 427 84.40 781 154.70 1343 268.60