Beneficiaries from States of North Eastern Region under Mahatma Gandhi BunkarBimaYojana
Under the Mahatma Gandhi BunkarBimaYojana (MGBBY), 4.33 lakh handloom weavers from North Eastern States availed benefits in the last five years.During the period of 2012-13 to 2016-17, 25.93 lakh weavers have been covered till now. Besides this, the Implementing Agency, i.e. Life Insurance Corporation of India, will submit final enrolment figures for 2016-17 after 31st March,2017.
The above information was given by the Union Textiles Minister, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani today, in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question.
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