21,914 families who died of COVID 19 get one time ex-gratia

A total of 21,914 families who lost their loved ones to COVID 19 in Delhi have received a one-time ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 from the Delhi Disaster Response Fund, DDRF officials said on Sunday.

This amount is in addition to the financial aid of 50,000 provided by the city government under the Mukhyamantri COVID 19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana''.

There have been 25,586 deaths due to Covid in Delhi so far. The families of 21,914 of them have received one time ex-gratia of Rs 50,000. The remaining applications are being processed, a government official said.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority released an additional amount of 100 crore to 11 districts for the payment of ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 to the kin of people who died of Covid in Delhi, officials said.

The new fund of Rs 100 crore is over and above the Rs 100 crore that was released to the districts earlier this month.

The Social Welfare Department of the Delhi government provides monthly assistance of Rs 2,500 to households that have lost their sole breadwinner and children orphaned due to the Pandemic, under the Mukhyamantri COVID 19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana' notified in June last year.