LIC, Dept. of Rural Development ink MoU to promote Bima Sakhi yojana
Designed to help women get a foothold in insurance distribution, Bima Sakhi Yojana is a performance-oriented stipendiary LIC agency career for women in which all other benefits and privileges available for LIC agent are also extended to them. The monthly stipends is ₹7,000 in first, ₹6,000 in second and ₹5,000 in the third agency year, subject to certain terms and conditions.
The MoU was signed during the national conclave on financial inclusion 'Anubhuti' organised by the Ministry in Goa earlier this month. The collaboration is to benefit rural households in improving their household income, LIC said.
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