Teams despatched to 4 states to confirm ex gratia claims

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI:  Complying with a Supreme Court order, the Union well being ministry has rushed groups to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala for random scrutiny of claims filed for Covid-19 ex gratia compensation. 

The groups will look at on-field implementation of the ex gratia being paid as per the instructions of the Supreme Court and tips issued by the National Disaster Management Authority. They will conduct random scrutiny of 5 per cent of functions for cost of ex gratia help.

The central groups can even confirm the method adopted for cost, look at particulars of circumstances authorized or rejected and paperwork verified by the district authorities. The courtroom had on March 24 emphasised that making a false declare and/or producing a false certificates to avail of the compensation is chargeable for punishment beneath Section 52 of Disaster Management Act, 2005. State officers will help the central groups. Under the ex gratia scheme, households of individuals, who died as a consequence of Covid-19 are entitled to Rs 50,000.

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