{"id":28585,"date":"2025-07-22T12:07:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28585"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:43:01","slug":"bima-sakhi-yojana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bima-sakhi-yojana\/","title":{"rendered":"Bima Sakhi Yojana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bima Sakhi Yojana Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) recently entered into an MoU with the Department of Rural Development, Union Ministry of Rural Development, to promote its Bima Sakhi Yojana in rural areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bima Sakhi Yojana<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an initiative of the <\/span><b>Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>performance-oriented stipendiary scheme exclusively for women.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to empower women a<\/span><b>ged 18-70 years, who are Class X pass.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will receive <\/span><b>specialized training<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><b>stipend for the first three years to promote financial literacy and insurance awareness.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Female agents will get a stipend of <\/span><b>Rs. 7,000 per month for the first year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Rs. 6,000<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per month in the <\/span><b>second year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and R<\/span><b>s. 5,000 per <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">month in the<\/span><b> third year.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bima Sakhis will <\/span><b>also get commissions.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They will receive a commission of R<\/span><b>s 48,000 (excluding bonus) for the first year.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>After training<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they<\/span><b> can serve as LIC agents,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the<\/span><b> graduate Bima Sakhis <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would have the <\/span><b>opportunity to qualify for being considered for Development Officer roles in LIC.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>plan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is to appoint <\/span><b>two lakh Bima Sakhi over a period of three years.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Bima Sakhi Yojana <\/b><b>Eligibility<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Women <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">must be <\/span><b>aged between<\/b> <b>18 and 70.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The minimum qualification of a woman must be<\/span><b> 10th grade passed.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Preference <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be given to <\/span><b>women residing in rural areas.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>following women are ineligible <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to apply for this scheme:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women <\/span><b>related to existing agents and employees of LIC.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Relatives include spouses, children, adopted and stepchildren, parents, sisters, brothers, and immediate in-laws.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women <\/span><b>should not be retired employees and ex-agents of LIC. <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Women should <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">not be existing agents of LIC.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/lic-dept-of-rural-development-ink-mou-to-promote-bima-sakhi-yojana\/article69839405.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bima Sakhi Yojana is an initiative by the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to promote insurance awareness and empower women as insurance facilitators. 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