SAMARTH: Free Rs 10 lakh insurance! This Tata Motors' welfare scheme is set to change lives of 5 lakh drivers every year

Just imagine what will happen if all the truck drivers stop working for just one day. The result will be a grocery crisis, bank ATM cash crisis, a corporate crisis and what not - in simple words, our lives will come to a standstill. Also, what will happen to these truck drivers' families in case of any mishap -  How their pockets will be impacted in case of hospitalisation; who will bear the educational expenses of their children and much more? But, these truckers or truck drivers or commercial vehicle drivers, as we call them, are not even aware of their health, their well-being, future of their families and education of their children. Keeping all these things in mind, and to take care of commercial drivers/truckers, Tata Motors has launched a first-of-its-kind program - SAMARTH. What it means if buy a commercial vehicle and get Surakshit SAMARTH (driver on wheel insurance) worth Rs 10 lakhs for free.

By means of SAMARTH program, Tata Motors aims to address four critical areas for the drivers’ well-being:-

1- Swasthya SAMARTH (Wellness program), 2- Sampatti SAMARTH (Finance program), 3- Shiksha SAMARTH (Education program) and 4 -Surakshit SAMARTH (driver on wheel insurance). 

Tata Motors SAMARTH program will be launched PAN India and will attempt to reach out to more than 5 lakh drivers every year.

Key highlights of Tata Motors SAMARTH welfare scheme:-

-Surakshit Samarth: Drivers enrolled under Surakshit Samarth may avail Accidental Death or Disability Cover up to Rs.10, 00,000/- per year, per vehicle for drivers and owner drivers
- This program will be executed by TATA AIG, Oriental Insurance Company, ICICI prudential, TATA Mutual Fund and Toppr Technologies Private Limited (Toppr), across India for all TATA CV drivers and owner drivers
-Over 5 lakh drivers may avail benefit from this program every year
- Swasthya Samarth: Drivers enrolled under Swasthya Samarth may avail 2 comprehensive health checkups covering 6 health profiles/57 tests & INR 50,000 hospitalization coverage for drivers and owner drivers per year, per vehicle and renewable every year
-24x7 telephonic assistance for health related queries on toll free number 1800-4254033
- Sampatti Samarth: Drivers enrolled under Sampatti Samarth may avail Nationwide Financial Literacy Camps to encourages investment habits among drivers and owner drivers through SIP
-Shiksha Samarth: Drivers enrolled under Shiksha Samarth may avail online tutoring and career counselling for children of all enrolled drivers and owner drivers. 
-Meritorious students of customers, owner-drivers and drivers in Class 8 to Class 10 who are eligible under the scholarship scheme of Tata motors will receive one year free subscription of Toppr for relevant academic year.   

For more details, give a missed call to 1800 209 7979       

(PIC:  From Left to Right - RT Wasan, Vice President – Marketing and Sales, CVBU, Tata Motors and Girish Wagh, President- CVBU at the launch of ‘SAMARTH’)

After announcing SAMARTH, Girish Wagh, President of Commercial Vehicle Business Unit of Tata Motors, talking exclusively to Zee Business Online said, "Our primary aim is to make commercial drivers aware of their health, well-being, family and children's education."  "With an aim to acknowledge and promote the driving profession in the trucking space, Tata Motors Samarth will endeavour to address critical areas for the drivers’ well-being," Wagh added.