3.5 Lakh Govt Employees Get Rs 10 Lakh Accident Insurance Cover financialexpress.com

More than 3.5 lakh employees of Jammu and Kashmir government will get a Rs 10 lakh personal accidental insurance cover with the administration approving a policy proposal on Tuesday. The government accorded sanction to the implementation of the Group Personal Accidental Insurance Policy through Oriental Insurance Company Limited for a period of three years commencing from December 2, an order issued by the government said.

According to the order issued by the Finance Department, the policy shall cover an aggregate of more than 3.50 lakh employees of the J&K Government (Gazetted and Non-Gazetted) including employees of PSUs, autonomous bodies, local bodies and universities, daily rated workers, consolidated, contractual, Adhoc employees and contingent paid workers and SPOs.