Phagwara, Sep 3 (PTI) Union Minister of State for Social Justice
and Empowerment Vijay Sampla today launched here the programme of
free insurance cover of Rs two lakh each for 350 girl students of
Phagwara and Begowal educational institutions.
The programme was undertaken under 'Pardhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Yojna' as a gift on Raksha Bandhan festival, the minister informed.
Sampla declared that total 1,200 girls will be brought under this
insurance cover in his Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency.
He said that every year on Raksha Bandhan festival, as many as 1,100
girls would be brought under this free insurance cover.