To provide help to the family members of the drivers in case of accident the Karnataka State Government has framed a scheme called “The Karnataka State Private Commercial Vehicle Drivers Accident Benefit Scheme” and during the year 2016-17, the same has been revised as “The Karnataka State Private Commercial Transport Workers Accident Benefit Scheme”, so as to extend the benefit to conductors and cleaners along with drivers.
Under this scheme, the drivers who are holding a valid driving licence issued by transport department to drive private commercial transport vehicles are deemed to be the beneficiaries. The conductors and cleaners have to register with the registering authorities under the scheme.
Accident Benefits:-
Accident resulting in death of drivers, conductors and cleaners- an amount of Rs.5.00 lakh to the nominee;
Accident resulting in permanent disablement – upto Rs.2.00 lakh to the beneficiary depending upon the ratio of disablement.
Accident resulting in temporary disablement/reimbursement of hospital expenses;
For hospitalization upto 15 days, Rs.50,000/- or actual hospitalization charges whichever is lower
For hospitalization more than 15 days, actual hospitalization expenses or Rs.100,000/- of sum insured whichever is lower.
The drivers shall hold valid driving license issued by transport department. They need not register separately under the scheme.
conductors and cleaners is regeister under the scheme with District Labour Officer/ registering authorities.
Educational Assistance
From the year 2018-19, Educational Assistance of Rs.10,000/- per annum is being sanctioned to maximum 2 children of the driver who succumbed to death due to accident or suffered total permanent disablement. This benefit will be given to study from 1st standard to 12th / PUC.
For this benefit, the children of deceased driver / the driver who suffered total permanent disablement have to submit the prescribed application duly filled in, along with the documents to the concerned officers of the Labour Department and the same will be verified and the benefit will be transferred to the bank account of the beneficiary directly.
Subsidy
To whom / eligible ?
To whom?
This Scheme is applicable to private commercial vehicle drivers, cleaners & conductors.
Eligibility
The drivers shall hold valid driving license issued by transport department. It extends to the whole of Karnataka;
This Scheme is applicable to private commercial vehicle drivers, cleaners & conductors.
Age limit is from 20 to 70 years.
Accident Benefit is available to both “On-duty and Off-duty” accidents.
