Marasur, a small village on Bengaluru’s outskirts, is setting a brand new benchmark in social safety.
Positioned about 8 km from Chandapura on the Bengaluru-Hosur freeway, Marasur falls below a gram panchayat (GP) that oversees eight villages.
In response to a Instances of India report, in a primary for Karnataka, each eligible resident right here is now coated below a life insurance coverage scheme, making certain monetary safety for households in occasions of disaster.
Positioned about 8 km from Chandapura on the Bengaluru-Hosur freeway, Marasur falls below a gram panchayat (GP) that oversees eight villages—Marasur, Naganayakanahalli, Madivala, Bandapura, Agrahara, Shettihalli, Adesonatti, and Haleooru. Of the panchayat’s 15,531 residents, 9,319 folks aged between 18 and 70 are eligible for all times insurance coverage.
To make common insurance coverage a actuality, the GP collaborated with Christ College to survey current protection. The research revealed that whereas 80 per cent of residents had some type of insurance coverage, 1,877 folks remained uninsured.
To bridge this hole, the panchayat launched a particular drive, educating residents and aiding them in enrolling within the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana or Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana. Their efforts paid off—Bengaluru City Zilla Panchayat CEO Latha Kumari KS lately declared Marasur the primary totally insured gram panchayat in Karnataka.
(Additionally Learn: Bengaluru’s rubbish mafia controls waste assortment, says Dy CM DK Shivakumar)
Grassroots initiative
The initiative was impressed by ‘Anthimanamana,’ a neighborhood scheme via which the panchayat offered ₹10,000 as monetary support to households for funeral bills.
In response to a Instances of India report, Marasur Panchayat Improvement Officer (PDO) Murali D acknowledged that witnessing the monetary hardships of households who misplaced a breadwinner underscored the necessity for common insurance coverage protection.
Gram Panchayat president Ramesh Reddy C emphasised the broader significance of the initiative, saying that the objective was to make sure authorities schemes successfully reached the grassroots. With this effort, each household within the panchayat now has the safety of insurance coverage, he added.
(Additionally Learn: Karnataka Cupboard grants 4% tender quota to Muslim contractors, amends KTPP Act)