Insurance Scheme For Expat Workers

An insurance scheme for skilled and semi-skilled expatriate Indian workers will be introduced by the Union government in three months on the lines of a similar scheme launched by the Kerala government recently. The insurance scheme with a low one-time premium of Rs 100 will provide cover up to Rs 50,000 towards repatriation of workers and return of body in case of death, Dhirendra Swaroop, joint secretary, finance ministry, said. Kerala, in association with New India Assurance Company, had launched Pravasi Suraksha on the initiative of non-resident Keralites recently.