Singareni urges banks to extend insurance cover to regular, contract staff

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CMD of Singareni Collieries N. Balram astatine  a gathering  with bankers successful  Hyderabad connected  Saturday.

CMD of Singareni Collieries N. Balram astatine a gathering with bankers successful Hyderabad connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement

HYDERABAD

The absorption of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has urged 7 banks operating successful the mining areas to instrumentality ₹50 lakh mishap security screen to declaration workers and ₹20 lakh beingness screen to regular employees successful lawsuit of earthy death.

In a gathering with the bankers - State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and HDFC - held present connected Saturday, Chairman and Managing Director of SCCL N. Balram stated that Singareni was the archetypal institution successful the state to person introduced specified a immense security screen to its employees - some imperishable and contract.

He explained that the mishap security strategy was providing assertion up to ₹1.25 crore to regular employees and up to ₹40 lakh to declaration and outsourced staff/workers successful the lawsuit of their decease successful accidents. He appealed to the bankers to widen the screen to ₹50 lakh successful lawsuit of the contract/outsourced unit and ₹20 lakh word security cover. So far, astir ₹30 crore assertion magnitude was provided by the banks to the surviving families of 34 employees/workers, ensuring fiscal information to them, helium noted.

Published - November 08, 2025 08:41 p.m. IST

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