5703 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being given a vaccine shot in New Delhi on Tuesday. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah were prominent among those vaccinated. PTI
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 2
The government on Tuesday said all private hospitals with adequate inoculation arrangements can administer Covid jabs in the ongoing phase 2 of the vaccination drive. So far, private hospitals empanelled under PM Jan Arogya Yojana and Central Government Health Schemes were permitted to give vaccines.
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54 students of Sainik School, Kunjpura, tested positive on Tuesday, forcing the authorities to declare the school premises a containment zone.
ESIC continues to abandon adult dependents with disabilities
The benefits available under ESIC include medical treatment, maternity, pension for dependents and disablement etc. (Image Source/Representative image)
Updated: Mar 3, 2021, 10:00 AM IST
As the labour laws take a new look in India, the Employees State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 continues to abandon the lakhs of dependent adults with disabilities.
The benefits available under ESIC include medical treatment, maternity, pension for dependents and disablement, etc. Among the benefits, it covers the treatment of the workers and their dependents including parents, siblings and children. The children remain insured until they are 25 and siblings until they are 18[1]. There is no exemption for the sons or daughters or siblings with disabilities who may continue to remain dependents, even after that age.
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Price break-up
Rs 250/shot
Rs 150 vaccine cost
Rs 100 service charge
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, February 27
Ahead of the phase-2 Covid vaccinations beginning Monday for 60-plus people and
PTI | Ahmedabad | Updated: 27-02-2021 18:27 IST | Created: 27-02-2021 18:22 IST
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Eligible COVID-19 vaccine aspirants in Gujarat will have to pay Rs 250 per shot if they opt to get themselves inoculated at 522 designated private hospitals during the second phase of the vaccination drive beginning March 1, the state government said on Saturday.
However, the aspirants above 60 years of age and those aged 45 years and above with comorbidities can get the shots free across the network of over 2,000 government hospitals in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who heads Health department, told reporters.
He said those seeking vaccination at private hospitals empanelled under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) and the state government s Ma Vatsalya Yojana will have to pay Rs 250 for each dose of the vaccine, which included Rs 150 as the cost of the vaccine and Rs 100 as administration charge.