bangalore countries like nigeriaghanamaldives and bangladesh had evinced keen interest in indias social security schemesespecially rashtriya swasthya bima yojana and on implementing similar ones back home minister for labour and employment mallikarujuna kharge said here todayaddressing a statelevel workshop on rsby herehe said rsby had been appreciated on global platforms like ilo and g20 labour ministers conference in washingtonsome countries were keen on learning about the scheme and implementing a similar one in their respective countries he saidhe claimed that rsby has been rated as one of the top 18 schemes by an international bodyanil swarup director general labour welfare delhi said a bangaldesh delegation had twice met indian officials while similar interactions had taken place with those from maldives and nigeria they had sought guidance on tehnical matters issue of smart cards and implementation of the schemehe saidrsbylaunched in 2007envisages providing health insurance cover to bpl workers in unorganised sector and their families total sum insured is rs 30000 per family annually with the person insured registering for the scheme after paying rs 30the schemepartly funded by centre and partly by the state ensures cashless coverage of health services through smartcard and covers transport allowance with upper limit of rs 1000 so far around 25 states have implemented it around 236 crore such cards have been issued with nearly 20 lakh availing it total expenditure has been rs 10000 crore said swaruprsby covers unorganised sectors in bpl category and five family members the scheme has already been extended to street vendors beedi and domestic workers and there are plans to include toddy tappers sanitation workers and rag pickershe asked karnataka to utilise the rs 800 crore building and construction welfare fund to benefit this category and suggested starting shortterm professional training courses for their children as part of utilising the fund