LIC will recruit 10th pass women as Bima Sakhi. They will also get a stipend of Rs 7000 per month for the first year. Bima Sakhis will also get the benefit of commission: Finance Minister @nsitharaman told the benefits of becoming a ‘Bima Sakhi’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Panipat, Haryana on Monday, is set to inaugurate the ‘Bima Sakhi Yojana’ by the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), a scheme aimed at training and financially empowering women aged 18-70 years who have passed class 10th.
The ‘Bima Sakhi Yojana’ will train one lakh women across India as LIC agents, including 8,000 from Haryana.
These women will receive a monthly stipend of Rs 7,000 in the first year, Rs 6,000 in the second, and Rs 5,000 in the third, while promoting financial literacy and insurance awareness.
Under this programme, women will have the opportunity to become insurance agents (Bima Sakhi).The objective of the Bima Sakhi Yojana is to provide rural women with job opportunities and financial assistance.
This visit holds special significance as PM Modi had earlier launched the iconic ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign in Panipat in 2015.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone for the main campus of Maharana Pratap Horticultural University at Karnal.
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