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Maha family gifts ₹1 lakh insurance to each 3,500 villagers at wedding, PM shares story
short by Sunny Sharma / on Sunday, 28 June, 2026
PM Narendra Modi, in his Mann Ki Baat address, praised Maharashtra's Nanded-based Pethkar family for arranging accident insurance for around 3,500 villagers during a family wedding. Each villager was provided an insurance cover of ₹1 lakh, he said. PM Modi further added that the family took the initiative after seeing how accidents often push families into financial hardship.