UNB :
Speakers in a deal signing ceremony for insurance coverage of ‘differently abled’ people on Sunday said they have rights to better living and normal life if opportunity is created to facilitate them.
The ‘Bangabandhu Suraksha Bima’ is introduced in order to facilitate differently abled people for tackling health and life risk.
The speakers came up with remarks while addressing at memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between state-owned Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) and Neuro-Developmental Disabilities (NDD) to start
‘Bangabandhu Suraksha Bima’, held in the office of Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) in the capital on Sunday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the insurance policy on March 1, 2022 on the occasion of National Insurance Day.
The insurance premium will be Tk 600 with this premium, people with disabilities will get health insurance coverage up to taka one lakh.
Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah, Secretary, Financial Institutions Division (FID), connected in the function virtually as the chief guest.
Mahfuza Akhter, Secretary, Ministry of Social Welfare, president Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA) joined the function as special guests.
Dr. Mosharraf Hossen, Chairman of IDRA presided over the function while top executives of different insurance companies and officials of IDRA, SBC and NDD, among others, were present.
FID secretary Salim Ullah said everyone should try to take them forward, without pushing them away.
“The Ministry of Social Welfare is working to take these backward people forward. At present the government is working for economic development as well as social development, this insurance scheme is an example of that,” he said.
Thanks to those who are working to bring all these backward people forward. This is the success of the government. And this success must be spread in the whole country, he said.
The government took the initiative in July 2019 to bring people with autism and neuro-developmental disabilities under insurance. The initiative was taken to implement the insurance as a pilot project.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, FID, IDRA and SBC are responsible for implementation of the scheme.
Initially, the insurance will be introduced in the districts around Dhaka and in some areas of Sylhet.
A senior SBC official told UNB that NDD health insurance will be launched on a trial basis for one year initially.
The SBC will manage all the activities related to the issue of this insurance policy. To meet the claims of such insurance SBC will send directly to the insured as its own bank after verifying the required documents.
Under NDD Health Insurance, the same premium rate will be used for all insurance customers in the initial stage of 3 to 25 years.
According to the provisions of the Neuro-Developmental Disability Protection Trust Act 2013, people with autism, Down syndrome, intellectual disability and cerebral palsy will be given the same type of insurance benefits.
