₹50k To Families With A COVID-19 Death, Free Education To Orphans: Delhi CM
Mumbai: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 for the families who died due to COVID-19.
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Giving information to media persons, the Chief Minister said, “Every family who died due to COVID will be given Rs 50,000 as ex-gratia amount. Those families who died will be given a monthly pension of Rs 2,500 besides the ex-gratia. If the husband dies, the pension will be given to the wife, and if the wife dies it will be given to the husband. If an unmarried person dies, the pension will be given to his/her parents.”
Kejriwal announced that children whose parents have both died due to COVID will be provided a monthly pension of Rs 2,500.
“Children whose parents have either died due to COVID or one parent has already died and the other has died due to COVID are now paid Rs. 2,500 till they attain the age of 25 years. A monthly pension will be given. They will be provided free education,” he said.
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The Chief Minister further announced that the Delhi government will provide free ration to the ration cardholders and poor in the national capital in the month of May.
“There are 72 lakh ration card holders in Delhi and they are given 5 kg of ration every month by the government. The ration will be given free this month. Apart from this, an additional 5 kg free ration is being given by the government. So they are being given a 10 kg free ration this month. Those who do not have a ration card but are poor will also be given ration by the Delhi Government. They need not produce their income certificate, they just need to tell us that they are poor and they want ration,” stated Kejriwal.
Delhi reported 4,482 new COVID cases and 265 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the health bulletin on Tuesday.
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