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Comprehensive Insurance for persons with disabilities - Appropriate Government shall, within the limit of their economic capacity and development, by notification frame a comprehensive insurance scheme for persons with disabilities, not covered under the Employees State Insurance Schemes, or any other statutory or government-sponsored insurance schemes, to provide to them the following benefits namely:- 72 (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the appropriate Government may instead of framing an insurance scheme frame an alternative security scheme for its employees with disabilities (i) in the case of persons with disability suffering from such serious ailments as may be specified in the scheme, payment of cost of medical treatment to such extent and in such manner as the scheme may provide, (ii) accident insurance, if accident results in additional disablement, to be compensated through monthly additional payment till the person recovers to resume economic activity, and (iii) life insurance of such reasonable sum, as the scheme may provide. 85