
Insurance cover for visitors to 60 ecotourism centres
The Hindu
Forest dept. ties up with United India Insurance Company
Tourists to the 60 ecotourism centres maintained by the Forest department will be covered by an insurance policy for the first time in the State.
The department recently entered into an agreement with United India Insurance Company Ltd., a public-sector undertaking, to finalise a policy that would provide insurance cover of ₹5 lakh for a person in the case of death and total permanent disability and ₹2.5 lakh for permanent partial disabilities.

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