Postal dept bid to get more families insured in Gaya

GAYA: The department of posts has launched a campaign to ensure that more families, including common people and public sector employees, opt for the rural postal life insurance (RPLI) and the postal life insurance (PLI).

Addressing a press meet on Thursday, senior superintendent of post offices (Gaya division), Ranjay Kumar Singh, said, “Common people in the age group of 19 to 55 years can get themselves insured under RPLI. PLI, on the other hand, is meant for public sector employees.”

The campaign, which began on January 4, will continue till January 12.

“We have also planned to promote the Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana that provides affordable life insurance services to people living in rural areas. We will try to ensure that at least one person from each family living in 100 villages of Gaya division gets himself insured,” Singh said, adding that the insurance scheme would provide employment opportunities to the locals.

Talking about the recent activities of the department, Singh said, “We opened nearly 72,000 new accounts from December 4 to 19, 2020.”

Source: The Times of India