The Legislative Yuan passed the third reading of the "Draft Amendment to Farmers' Health Insurance Regulations". The monthly insured amount of agricultural insurance will be increased from the current 12,000 yuan to 24,000 yuan, and the funeral allowance and maternity allowance will be doubled with the monthly insured amount promote.

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[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei Report] The Legislative Yuan passed the third reading of the "Draft Amendment to Farmers' Health Insurance Regulations". With the doubling of the monthly insured amount, Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, revealed today (10th) that President Tsai Ing-wen and Executive Premier Su Zhenchang had explained more than a year ago that the monthly insured amount for agricultural insurance must be increased to take care of Farmers, he said that the passage of the draft amendment has verified that the DPP has not only increased infrastructure such as cold chains, but also fulfilled its commitment to take care of farmers.

Since the implementation of the Agricultural Insurance Regulations in June 1989, the monthly insured amount has not been adjusted for 33 years. This time, the monthly insured amount has doubled, and the increased premium will be borne by the Council of Agriculture. Farmers still only need to pay 78 yuan a month. , Chen Jizhong said that compared with labor insurance and national insurance, the insured amount of agricultural insurance has been low for a long time, and there are as many as 960,000 farmers in my country who have insured agricultural insurance. Make the farmer welfare system more complete.

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With the increase of the monthly insured amount, the funeral benefit has also been increased from the current 153,000 yuan to 306,000 yuan. Chen Jizhong said that this is a very pragmatic adjustment, especially whether it is in the city or in the countryside, funeral expenses are getting more and more expensive. Therefore, it is necessary for farmers not to worry about related expenses after a hundred years. The childbirth benefit standard has also been raised from the original 24,000 yuan to 61,200 yuan. generation.

In addition, this amendment also stipulates that new entrants to agricultural insurance must also purchase agricultural occupational accident insurance, and the insured amount of agricultural occupational accident insurance has also been doubled, and the increased premiums will be fully borne by the Council of Agriculture for the first three years. During his term of office, he perfected and established the three guarantees and one gold for farmers, and now he has doubled the monthly insurance amount of the agricultural insurance. He said that all the measures are aimed at making the welfare system of farmers more complete and encouraging more people to be willing to invest in agricultural production. He also said that the establishment of relevant welfare measures can last for a long time and further verify the DPP’s commitment to take care of farmers after it came to power. In the future, he will not only vigorously report to farmers, but also actually listen to farmers’ opinions to see if the measures can be improved.