The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up state governments for not giving wide publicity to the portal developed for the disbursal of the ex-gratia compensation to the family of the Covid-19 victims.
The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Gujarat and Maharashtra governments on various issues associated with Covid compensation scheme, during the hearing in a matter where it is monitoring disbursal of Rs 50,000 to the kin of those who succumbed to the disease.
The Gujarat government has informed the Supreme Court that it has received 22,557 applications for payment of ex-gratia compensation to the families who lost a loved one to Covid-19 pandemic and sanctioned compensation in 16,175 cases
The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Maharashtra and West Bengal governments for an abysmally low number of applications for compensation of Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to next of kin of Covid victims.A bench of Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. .