The Bihar government has recently launched Bihar Rajya Patrakar Bima Yojana- 2014 to provide group mediclaim and personal accident insurance to journalists working in the state.
Group mediclaim up to Rs 5 lakh per annum on a floating basis to journalist, his/her spouse and two dependant offsprings and personal accident insurance up to Rs 5 lakh to the insured journalist only would be provided under the scheme.
All journalists working with the non-government print and electronic media and having five years of work experience would be covered under the scheme.
State information and public relations department secretary Pratyay Amrit said all journalists in the age group of 21-70 were eligible to apply for the insurance scheme. A journalist would have to pay only Rs 1,794 as 20% contribution of the annual premium (of Rs 8,970) while the rest 80% contribution (Rs 7,176) would be paid by the state government. An agreement has been signed with the National Insurance Company Limited to run the scheme for one year.
