This is a scheme under Postal Life Insurance which ensures that people living in rural areas including the women living in rural areas receive the benefits of insurance. Currently, Rural Postal Life Insurance has sold a total of 23.51 million insurance policies.
RPLI or Rural Postal Life Insurance was a sequel to the recommendations to the Official Committee for Reforms. The Government understood the need for insurance to reach the rural areas and decided to extend the coverage of life insurance to the rural areas via the post office from 24th March, 1995 as the post office has a vast network and the cost of operations are low. The main objective of the scheme is to provide insurance to the rural areas and to benefit the weaker section and women workers in rural areas. As of 31st March, 2015, Postal Life Insurance had over 23.51 million RPLI policies.
Rural Postal Life Insurance offers the following plans:
The common features of plans under RPLI is as follows:
The benefits of RPLI are as follows:
The following are the tax benefits one can avail if he or she has taken a RPLI policy:
GST of 18% is applicable on life insurance effective from the 1st of July, 2017
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