NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday informed Rajya Sabha that 9,29,097 Accredited Social Health Activists have been deployed across the country for containing the local transmission of Covid-19.
Under the National Health Mission, ASHAs are envisaged to be community health volunteers and are entitled only to task and activity based incentives, minister of state for health Ashwini Choubey said in a written reply.
In the 2018-19 fiscal, the Union Cabinet revised the amount of incentive for ASHAs from Rs 1,000 to 2,000 per month, he said while elaborating on the measures taken by the government to empower them.
In addition to routine and recurring incentives, many states and union territories also introduced fixed monthly honorarium for ASHAs from their respective budgets, the minister said.
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Inclusion push: Fuel pumps may sell insurance
Mayur Shetty / TNN / Updated: Jan 9, 2021, 13:54 IST
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MUMBAI: Petrol pumps and gas dealerships may start distributing standardised insurance products if the sector regulator’s efforts are successful. There are nearly 61,000 fuel pumps in the country and almost 25,000 LPG dealers who can add to the insurance distribution capability in smaller towns and even villages.
Additionally, the regulator Irdai has already directed companies to come out with simple standardised products on health and term insurance and will shortly come out with guidelines for standard annuity products, which can be brought without much advice.