Social welfareEmploymentLabour Resources Department, Government of Bihar
Bihar Pravasi Majdoor Durghatna Bima Yojana
बिहार प्रवासी मज़दूर दुर्घटना बीमा योजना
Accident insurance cover for migrant workers from Bihar.
Benefit type
Accident insurance
For
Worker / labourer
Age
Any age
Highest education
Any
Who can apply
For
Worker / labourer
Age
Any age
Highest education
Any
Gender
Any
Social category
All categories
Income
No income bar
Domicile
Bihar resident
Details
- Benefit type
- Accident insurance
- Benefit detail
- For migrant-worker accidents outside Bihar/abroad (within 180 days): ₹4 lakh on death, ₹1 lakh for permanent full disability, ₹50,000 for permanent partial disability — paid by RTGS.
- Target beneficiary
- Migrant workers of Bihar.
- Launch date
- —
Status evidence
Active — amounts revised by the Bihar State Migrant Labour Accident Grant (Amendment) Rules, 2026 (S.O. 75, 9 Feb 2026): death ₹2L→₹4L, partial ₹75k→₹50k. Verified 2026-06-19.
Sources:serviceonline.bihar.gov.in ↗
- Last budget year
- —
- Last notification
- 09-02-2026
- Last verified
- 19-06-2026 · 8 days ago
Data & impact
Public figures where available; where Bihar publishes nothing, the data request itself is shown. Every number is sourced — none are estimated.
Data provenance
Budget & disbursement
From budget.bihar.gov.in (public — to extract)
Beneficiaries
From department reports / portal
District-wise distribution
District / social-category / gender splits and per-scheme outcomes not published. RTI filed via Bihar RTI Online to the Labour Resources Department on 26 June 2026; awaiting reply.
Demographic breakdown
Category / gender — needs an RTI
Outcomes
Completion / outcomes — needs an RTI
Sources
- Primary source:https://state.bihar.gov.in/labour ↗
- Application portal:https://state.bihar.gov.in/labour ↗
- Department:https://state.bihar.gov.in/labour ↗