Nearly 7K applications okayed for Delhi govts Covid aid scheme 6000 cases get Rs 50K each
New Delhi Sep 27 PTI The Delhi government has so far approved nearly 7000 applications under a scheme to provide relief to families who have lost a member to COVID-19 and disbursed ex gratia of Rs 50000 each in over 6000 such cases an official statement said on MondayThe government has so far approved 6995 applications under itsMukhyamantri COVID-19 Parivar Arthik Sahayta Yojna and disbursed ex gratia in 6019 cases it saidRevenue minister Kailash Gahlot who held a review meeting with officials for expediting ex-gratia disbursal said the Delhi government is taking all the necessary steps to ensure that ex-gratia support is given to all the affected families at the earliestThe government has so far received9643 applications for grant of ex-gratia relief under its scheme the statement saidA list of 25709 deceased persons shared by the Health department has been segregated district-wise by the Revenue department for processing and further action it saidThe call centre set up by the Delhi government for making calls to the affected families and apprise them about the scheme as well as assisting them in filing the application on e-district portal received around 11000 calls till Sunday it saidWe are taking utmost care and sensitivity so that grieving families arent troubled Number of applications have increased steadily since the SDM teams started visiting the affected families We are hoping to finish all the home visits by the end of this week Gahlot saidThe Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Parivar Arthik Sahayata Yojna was started by the Delhi government in June to provide financial assistance to the surviving family members of the bread earner who died due to COVID-19 in Delhi since the outbreak of the pandemic Under the scheme the Kejriwal government provides an ex-gratia of Rs 50000 for each to in the family of deceased This amount will be given to the kin of the person who died due to Covid after he or she applies for the same said the government statementA monthly financial assistance of Rs 2500 per month is also given if the working member of a family died due to COVID-19 PTI VIT TDS TDS
New Delhi Sep 27 PTI The Delhi government has so far approved nearly 7000 applications under a scheme to provide relief to families who have lost a member to COVID-19 and disbursed ex gratia of Rs 50000 each in over 6000 such cases an official statement said on MondayThe government has so far approved 6995 applications under itsMukhyamantri COVID-19 Parivar Arthik Sahayta Yojna and disbursed ex gratia in 6019 cases it saidRevenue minister Kailash Gahlot who held a review meeting with officials for expediting ex-gratia disbursal said the Delhi government is taking all the necessary steps to ensure that ex-gratia support is given to all the affected families at the earliestThe government has so far received9643 applications for grant of ex-gratia relief under its scheme the statement saidA list of 25709 deceased persons shared by the Health department has been segregated district-wise by the Revenue department for processing and further action it saidThe call centre set up by the Delhi government for making calls to the affected families and apprise them about the scheme as well as assisting them in filing the application on e-district portal received around 11000 calls till Sunday it saidWe are taking utmost care and sensitivity so that grieving families arent troubled Number of applications have increased steadily since the SDM teams started visiting the affected families We are hoping to finish all the home visits by the end of this week Gahlot saidThe Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Parivar Arthik Sahayata Yojna was started by the Delhi government in June to provide financial assistance to the surviving family members of the bread earner who died due to COVID-19 in Delhi since the outbreak of the pandemic Under the scheme the Kejriwal government provides an ex-gratia of Rs 50000 for each to in the family of deceased This amount will be given to the kin of the person who died due to Covid after he or she applies for the same said the government statementA monthly financial assistance of Rs 2500 per month is also given if the working member of a family died due to COVID-19 PTI VIT TDS TDS
