Insurance scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19 extended for 6 months

Updated: 15 September, 2020 22:11 IST | IANS | Mumbai

The insurance provided under this scheme is over and above any other insurance cover being availed of by the beneficiary

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This picture has been used for representtational purpose only

The central government on Tuesday extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package insurance scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19 for another 180 days. It was announced on March 30 for a period of 90 days and was extended further for 90 days.

This Central Sector Scheme provides an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh to health care providers, including community health workers, who may have to be in direct contact and care of COVID-19 patients and therefore at risk of being infected. It also includes accidental loss of life on account of contracting COVID-19.

The scheme also covers private hospital staff, retired, volunteers, local urban bodies, contract, daily wage, ad-hoc, outsourced staff requisitioned by states and central hospitals and autonomous hospitals of central, states and UTs, AIIMS and INIs and hospitals of central ministries drafted for COVID-related responsibilities.

The insurance provided under this scheme is over and above any other insurance cover being availed of by the beneficiary.

There is no age limit for this scheme and individual enrolment is not required. The entire amount of premium for this scheme is being borne by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

The benefit or claim under this policy is in addition to the amount payable under any other policies. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has collaborated with the New India Assurance (NIA) Company Limited for providing the insurance amount based on the guidelines prepared for the scheme.

Till date, under the scheme, a total of 61 claims are processed and paid. 156 claims are under examination by New India Assurance (NIA) Company Limited, and in 67 cases claim forms are yet to be submitted by the states.

The scheme shows the commitment of the Union government to ensure the welfare and well-being of the health workers who have been on the forefront of the fight against the pandemic. It is due to their selfless service and dedication to work, that India has been able to sustain its fight against COVID and continue to sustain its low mortality rate (1.64 per cent), which is among the lowest globally (3.19 per cent as on date).

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First Published: 15 September, 2020 21:52 IST

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Insurance scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19 extended for 6 months

Covid-19: 'Panic due to fake news' led to migrant exodus, no record of number of deaths, govt says | India News - Times of India

Covid-19: 'Panic due to fake news' led to migrant exodus, no record of number of deaths, govt says

'Panic due to fake news' led to migrant exodus during Covid-19 lockdown: Govt
NEW DELHI: The home ministry has said that the Centre has no record of migrant labourers who died while returning home during the countrywide lockdown following the corona pandemic.
This was stated by minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday, in a written reply to a question on "protection of migrants and labourers before the lockdown" asked by Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Mala Roy.
To a specific query on “the number of migrant labourers who died on the way home,” the minister replied saying: “The details regarding the number of migrant workers who died while returning to their home States is not centrally maintained,” as part of the unstarred question number 327 in Lok Sabha.
Roy had asked “Will the minister of home affairs be pleased to state:
(a) the steps taken to protect migrant labourers before lockdown was announced on March 25 alongwith the details thereof; (b) the reasons why thousands of these labourers ended up walking home post lockdown; and (c) the number of migrants labourers who died on the way home?”
The minister, in his reply also stated that the large scale exodus of migrant workers from their workplaces to their home states was triggered by 'fake news' that generated panic among them. “The migration of large number of migrant workers was triggered by panic created by fake news regarding duration of lockdown, and people, especially migrant labourers, were worried about adequate supply of basic necessities like food, drinking water, health services and shelter.”
It said the Centre was “fully conscious of this, and took all necessary measures to ensure that during the period of the inevitable lockdown, no citizen should be deprived of basic amenities of food, drinking water, medical facilities etc.”
The replies from the minister for part (a) and (b) stated, to contain the spread of Covid-19, the government took various measures, considered essential for the safety of people including migrant workers...
It said: “Central government allowed the state governments to use the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) on 28th March itself for making provisions of temporary accommodation, food, clothing, medical care, etc., to homeless people as well as migrant workers. To augment the funds with the States, Central Government released an advance Rs 11,092 crores from the SDRF to the States on 3rd April, 2020.”
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