Beneficiaries from States of North Eastern Region under Mahatma Gandhi BunkarBimaYojana Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HI /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} 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.