Enrolments drop in Jan Suraksha insurance

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Suraksha Yojana insurance scheme has seen a steep fall in daily average enrolments this financial year, against the year-ago period. The June 1-March 31 period in the last financial year saw an average enrolment of 0.4 million policies in pure-term and personal accidents a day. This has dropped to 23,150 this financial year (April 1September 26), according to data from the Jan Suraksha website. During FY16, the number of enrolments under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana stood at 123.57 million as on March 31.