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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India clarifies that insurers can treat Accredited Social Health Activist workers and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers as part of the rural and social sector category. Insurers apply this clarification to comply with the obligations mandated under the IRDAI Regulations of 2015. The circular takes effect immediately upon issuance on the eleventh day of March in the year 2021.
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भारतीय बीमा विवियामक और विकास प्राधिकरण INSURANCE REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA
Ref: IRDAI/Life/MISC/Cir/046 /03/2021
11th March 2021
To All the Insurers
Re: Obligations of Insurers in respect of Rural and Social sectors- Clarification with regard to ASHA workers and MGNREGA workers
The Authority has received requests for clarification as to whether the policies issued to persons under the occupations of ASHA workers and MGNREGA workers can be considered for social sector for compliance with Obligations mandated under IRDAI (Obligations of Insurers to Rural and Social sectors) Regulations, 2015.
On consideration of the requests, it is clarified under the provisions of Regulation 7 of the IRDAI (Obligations of Insurers to Rural and Social sectors) Regulations, 2015 that Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) workers may be treated as pertaining to Rural and Social Sector category.
This circular comes into force with immediate effect.
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(K Ganesh) Member (Life)
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