NDMA for ₹50,000 ex-gratia to kin of those who lost lives to COVID-19, Centre tells Supreme Court
The Hindu
The government says the ex-gratia assistance will be provided by States from State Disaster Response Fund.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has recommended that ₹50,000 be given to the kin of those who died of COVID-19, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
It said that ex-gratia assistance will also be given to the kin of those who died of the virus due to involvement in COVID-19 relief operations or activities associated with the preparedness for dealing with the pandemic.
The ex-gratia assistance will be given subject to the cause of death being certified as COVID-19 as per the guidelines issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and ICMR, the government said.
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