Pune: The local administration will have to simplify the process of disbursement of ex-gratia and ensure that claims are settled at the earliest, state government officials said. Officials said that 1.38 lakh kin of the Kovid dead are expected to get compensation in the state, at present the district’s number is around 19,000.
Most of these are from the beneficiary Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) area is followed by Pune Rural, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and Nagar Parishad area.
According to district health officials, the total number of deaths recorded in the district till October 4 is 18,956 (PMC-9038, PCMC-3848, Parishad-1152,
Cantonment – 375 and Pune Rural – 4543).
State government officials told TOI that while they are preparing a web portal, the applications will be scrutinized by the local authorities concerned and if there will be any issue about who is the real successor, verified and clarified by the local administration. A committee will be appointed to do this. cases. “The idea is not to keep any pending matter and expedite it at the earliest,” the officials shared.
The state had sought Rs 750 crore from the Center as the state was short of funds. However, as demanded, once the software is ready, they will start disbursing the funds, the officials said.
On June 30, the SC had ruled that the Center could not abdicate from its responsibility under the Disaster Management Act to fix the amount of compensation payable to the next of kin of victims of Covid, declared a national calamity under the Act. Was.
The claimants will have to submit an application to get the relief, saying that the eligible people will get the amount through the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).
Top 10 states have reported highest number of Covid deaths Maharashtra (1.38 lakh), Karnataka (37,000), Tamil Nadu (35,000), Delhi (25,000), UP (23,000), Kerala (22,500), West Bengal (19,000), Punjab (16,000), Andhra Pradesh (14,000) and Chhattisgarh (13,500). Some states had taken the lead to provide ex-gratia to the kin of Kovid victims not from SDRF but from other sources like Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
Disaster management officials said the state had sought assistance of Rs 7700 crore this year to deal with the damage caused by various natural calamities, but only Rs 4200 crore has been sanctioned, most of which has been spent, disaster management officials said.
Most of these are from the beneficiary Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) area is followed by Pune Rural, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and Nagar Parishad area.
According to district health officials, the total number of deaths recorded in the district till October 4 is 18,956 (PMC-9038, PCMC-3848, Parishad-1152,
Cantonment – 375 and Pune Rural – 4543).
State government officials told TOI that while they are preparing a web portal, the applications will be scrutinized by the local authorities concerned and if there will be any issue about who is the real successor, verified and clarified by the local administration. A committee will be appointed to do this. cases. “The idea is not to keep any pending matter and expedite it at the earliest,” the officials shared.
The state had sought Rs 750 crore from the Center as the state was short of funds. However, as demanded, once the software is ready, they will start disbursing the funds, the officials said.
On June 30, the SC had ruled that the Center could not abdicate from its responsibility under the Disaster Management Act to fix the amount of compensation payable to the next of kin of victims of Covid, declared a national calamity under the Act. Was.
The claimants will have to submit an application to get the relief, saying that the eligible people will get the amount through the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).
Top 10 states have reported highest number of Covid deaths Maharashtra (1.38 lakh), Karnataka (37,000), Tamil Nadu (35,000), Delhi (25,000), UP (23,000), Kerala (22,500), West Bengal (19,000), Punjab (16,000), Andhra Pradesh (14,000) and Chhattisgarh (13,500). Some states had taken the lead to provide ex-gratia to the kin of Kovid victims not from SDRF but from other sources like Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
Disaster management officials said the state had sought assistance of Rs 7700 crore this year to deal with the damage caused by various natural calamities, but only Rs 4200 crore has been sanctioned, most of which has been spent, disaster management officials said.
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