The Maharashtra Rajya Dahi Handi Govinda Affiliation (MRDGA) has taken cowl for 1,51,533 Govindas throughout 1,776 mandals this 12 months, up from 1,38,920 Govindas throughout 1,670 mandals in 2025, folks mentioned. The coverage is offered by Oriental Insurance coverage below the group private accident cowl.
Vasai-Virar Municipal Company has coated 8,000 Govindas throughout 119 mandals this 12 months, up from 6,630 Govindas throughout 99 mandals final 12 months. An extra 6,038 Govindas throughout 62 mandals have taken cowl instantly this 12 months, in contrast with 6,400 throughout 85 mandals final 12 months.
The general variety of Govindas coated by way of the scheme has due to this fact risen to greater than 165,571 this 12 months although the enrolments are nonetheless being finalised, and the eventual determine is predicted to rise additional.
The coverage offers ₹10 lakh within the occasion of unintentional dying or everlasting complete incapacity. Everlasting partial incapacity is roofed as a share of the ₹10 lakh sum insured, whereas unintentional hospitalisation is now coated as much as ₹2 lakh.
The hospitalisation restrict was doubled after the Dahi Handi affiliation requested a better cowl, the insurer mentioned. Claims in some instances had exceeded ₹1 lakh, leaving mandals to bear the steadiness. The upper restrict is geared toward offering higher safety to Govindas, lots of whom come from lower-income households.
Oriental Insurance coverage has been offering the quilt for about 22 years. The ₹75 premium has remained unchanged regardless of the rise in hospitalisation cowl, the folks mentioned.The coverage covers Govindas throughout the Dahi Handi competition in addition to coaching and follow classes. It offers 24-hour worldwide unintentional protection throughout the 45-day insurance coverage interval starting with Guru Purnima, together with accidents resembling electrical shocks.
The prolonged cowl additionally considers journey by Govindas after the competition. Protection continues till 6 am on September 6, permitting members travelling again to their houses after the celebrations to stay insured.
The enlargement comes as Dahi Handi mandals more and more use group insurance coverage to cowl members throughout the weeks of coaching main as much as the competition, slightly than limiting safety to the primary occasion. The protection interval is designed to guard members all through the follow interval in addition to throughout the celebrations.
