Insurance cover for tea growers

Coonoor: Indcoserve, the vertex organic structure of the assorted industrial co-operative tea mills called the Indco factories, have decided to cover the members of these mills under a new coverage strategy being mooted by the Tea Board.

The strategy including life, medical, accident and instruction is expected to profit some 20,000 little growers. The coverage companies have got come up out with attractive bundles whereby a grouping of five members in a household is covered for at least Rs 30,000 per twelvemonth in the best infirmaries of the Nilgiris, Coimbatore and nearby districts.

The yearly insurance premium involved is just a few hundred rupees, said R.D. Nazeem, Executive Director, Tea Board. Tea Board would pay a portion of the premium.