Prime Minister Narendra Modi has requested officers to discover involving civil society volunteers in “non-specialised tasks” to take the strain off the healthcare sector amid the surge in Covid-19 instances.
This was conveyed throughout a gathering to evaluate the functioning of various empowered teams. The Prime Minister chaired the assembly via video conferencing.
In an announcement, the Prime Minister’s Office mentioned: “PM asked the officials to explore how volunteers from civil society can be utilised to lessen the pressure on healthcare sector by invoking them in non-specialised tasks.”
“It was discussed that NGOs could help to establish and maintain lines of communication between the patients, their dependents & health care personnel,” the assertion mentioned.
“Ex Servicemen could be encouraged to handle call centres for communicating with people under home quarantine,” the assertion mentioned.
During the assembly, the Empowered Group on coordinating with non-public sector, NGOs and worldwide organisations, headed by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, briefed the Prime Minister “on how the federal government is working in lively partnership with them.
Two different Empowered Groups additionally briefed the Prime Minister about their actions.
“The Empowered Group on Economic and Welfare measures made a presentation to PM on steps taken such as extension of PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana,” the assertion mentioned. “It was discussed that portability enabled due to One Nation One Ration Card initiative has helped to benefit more people. Insurance scheme for frontline health workers has been extended for another 6 months.”
“PM directed Central Government should work in close co-ordination with the states to ensure that the poor get the benefits of free food-grain without any issues,” it mentioned.
On April 23, the Centre had introduced the restarting of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) to supply a further 5 kg of foodgrains monthly free to beneficiaries coated by the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013.
The new model of the scheme doesn’t, nevertheless, embody an necessary element of final 12 months’s PM-GKAY—1 kg pulses monthly free to every family underneath the NFSA.
The assertion additional mentioned, “PM also said that steps should be taken to expedite the settlement of pending Insurance claims so that the dependents of the deceased are able to avail of benefits in time.”
“The Empowered Group on issues relating to facilitating supply chain & logistics management gave a presentation on various advisories relating to measures to be taken to contain the pandemic,” the assertion mentioned. “PM instructed officials to plan holistically to ensure seamless movement of goods so that supply chain disruptions are avoided,” it added.
Earlier within the day, the Prime Minister additionally chaired the Council of Ministers assembly and mentioned the second wave.
In an announcement issued after the assembly, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting mentioned: “The Council of Ministers meeting noted that the present pandemic crisis is ‘once in a century crisis’ and has thrown a big challenge for the world.”
“PM Narendra Modi said that all arms of the Government are working unitedly & rapidly to deal with the situation. He also urged the Ministers to stay in touch with people of their respective regions, help them and keep getting their feedback. He stressed upon the need to ensure that issues at the local level are promptly identified and addressed,” the Ministry mentioned. “The support measures to the vulnerable population in the form of provision of food-grains and financial support to Jan Dhan account holders were also pointed out,” the Ministry assertion mentioned.
