New Delhi
As many as 56 Air India employees have died due to Covid-19 till July 14, Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh said on Thursday.
"A total of 3,523 employees of Air India Limited have been affected by Covid-19. Out of this, 56 employees succumbed to this pandemic till July 14, 2021," he stated in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
The minister said the national carrier has taken various measures to safeguard the interests of Covid-affected employees and their families.
He stated that the carrier paid a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family of each permanent employee who died due to Covid-19.
When a fixed-term contractual employee died due to Covid-19, Air India paid his or her family a compensation of Rs 5 lakh, he noted.