Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasized this matter!

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reviewed the implementation of the announced insurance scheme for health workers battling COVID-19 under PMGKP. According to a Finance Ministry release, Seemaran emphasized the speedy settlement of claims under this scheme and the benefits to the nominees at the earliest.

According to the release, "The Finance Minister held a meeting through video conferencing here to review the implementation of the insurance scheme announced for health workers battling Kovid-19 under the Prime Minister's Poor Welfare Package (PMGKP) ... During the meeting, the Finance Minister underscored the importance of quick disposal and stressed the need to reach out to the named people at the earliest.

Senior officials of the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and New India Assurance Company Limited were present in this meeting. A presentation by the Chairman and Managing Director of New India Assurance detailed the features of the scheme and the status of its implementation so far.

Officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, regarding the problems faced in obtaining certificates from the legal heir, along with the system adopted by the State Nodal Officers to expedite the settlement of claims, as well as access to the family of the deceased. Told in

According to the ministry, out of the 147 deaths reported so far, 87 have submitted documents related to the claim, out of which 15 have been paid, 4 have been approved to be paid, while the investigation of 13 is going on is.

Apart from this, 55 claims were found ineligible, out of which 35 were related to police employees, corporation employees who did not belong to hospitals, people related to education, revenue departments, etc. At the same time, 20 other claims were not related to COVID-19 but related to death due to heart attack, etc.