Updated Apr 19, 2021 | 10:39 IST
All claims up to March 24 will be eligible for coverage. It remains unclear whether insurance cover will be provided for fatalities between the expiration of the old policy and until new policy is announced India s Covid warriors left with no govt insurance after scheme expires; govt says new dispensation in works | Photo Credit: PTI
Amid a record rise in Covid-19 cases and stretched healthcare infrastructure across several states, a crucial safety net for frontline healthcare workers against Covid, provided by the government last year has expired.
The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) insurance scheme for health workers battling Covid-19, which was implemented on March 3, 2020, to provide a safety net to the health workers fighting COVID-19, has lapsed. The government, however, says that a new dispensation for the same is in the works.
Centre to provide new dispensation to cover corona warriors under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package ANI | Updated: Apr 19, 2021 10:13 IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday announced that all claims under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) will be settled by the Insurance Company till April 24, after which a new dispensation will be provided to cover Corona Warriors .
Taking to Twitter, the Ministry said that it is already in talks with the Insurance Company for the new scheme to cover COVID-19 warriors. The claims under PMGKP will be settled by the Insurance Company till 24th of April 2021. Thereafter a new dispensation will be provided to cover the Corona Warriors, for which the Ministry is in talks with the Insurance Company (New India Assurance), it tweeted.
Corona warriors left with no insurance cover; Centre clarifies new plan soon
Although the Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme expires on April 24, the Union Health Ministry is holding talks with an insurance company to come up with a new dispensation
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The Union Health Ministry, in a circular sent out last month, informed the states about the conclusion of the Pradhan Manti Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP), (Reuters photo)
The Centre has withdrawn the insurance scheme of Rs 50 lakh for healthcare workers who die in the line of COVID-19 duty.
The Union Health Ministry, in a circular sent out last month, informed the states about the conclusion of the Pradhan Manti Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP).
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