So are you thinking about post office car insurance. in this post we will talk about various Insurance schemes of Post offices.
With 1,54,939 branches across the
country, Postal Department has presence in the most remote areas of the country,
offering a wide range of products and essential services, providing life cover
is part of this mix of services provided by the Department.
Postal Life Insurance (PLI) was
introduced on 1st February, 1884 in post office. It started as a welfare scheme for the
benefit of post office employees and was later extended to the employees of the
Telegraph Department in 1888. In 1894, PLI extended insurance cover
to female employees of the erstwhile Post & Telegraph Department at a time when no
other insurance company covered female lives. It is the oldest life
insurer in this country.
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Over
the years, post office insurance called PLI has grown substantially from a few hundred policies in 1884
to more than 46 Lacs policies as on 31.03.2017. It now covers employees
of Central and State Governments, Central and State Public Sector Undertakings,
Universities, Government aided Educational Institutions, Nationalized Banks,
Local bodies, autonomous bodies, joint ventures having a minimum of 10%
Govt./PSU stake, credit cooperative societies etc. PLI also extends
insurance cover to the officers and staff of the Defence services
and Paramilitary forces.
Apart
from individual insurance policies, Directorate of Postal Life Insurance also
manages a Group Insurance scheme for the Extra Departmental Employees i.e.
Gramin Dak Sevaks(EDAGIS-1992 and GDSGIS-2010) of the Department of Posts.
Rural Postal Life Insurance
(RPLI) started pursuant to the recommendation of the Official Committee
for Reforms in the Insurance Sector (Malhotra Committee). The Committee
had observed in 1993, that only 22% of the insurable population in this
country had been insured and life insurance funds accounted for only 10% of the
gross household savings. The Committee had observed:
“The
Committee understands that Rural Branch Postmasters who enjoy a position of
trust in the community, have the capacity to canvass life insurance business
within their respective areas…….”
The
Government accepted this recommendation and permitted Postal Life Insurance
to extend its coverage to the rural areas to transact life insurance
business with effect from 24.3.1995, mainly because of the vast network of Post
Offices in the rural areas and low cost of operations. The prime
objective of the scheme is to provide insurance cover to the rural public in
general and to benefit weaker sections and women workers of rural areas
in particular and also to spread insurance awareness among the rural
population.
Postal Department has started this task entrusted by the Central Government
with great dedication and sincerity and within a short span of time has made a
very positive impact on the rural populace. Rural Postal Life Insurance,
is meant for anyone residing in rural areas. It is a boon for migrant
labour and artisans, and the unorganized sector, who move on to urban areas for
employment, but continue to have a rural base. Labour migrating
overseas are also eligible for a policy. RPLI has now more than 146 Lacs
policies as on 31.03.2017.
Post office has many good policies. and return is also good than LIC.
but here is big Question Does Post Office Provide Car Insurance in India?
the answer of above question is NO as per present policy of post office. but in future if post office can change their policies then they can also provide Post office car insurance.
