The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government approved the ex gratia amount for the families whose kin died due to the Wuhan virus, also known as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19.)
After the Central Government announced an ex gratia of Rs. 50,000, the Government of Andhra Pradesh also announced the ex gratia. Now, the Government of Telangana also announced the same compensation amount for the eligible families of Telangana.
On the 9th of November, Mr. K. Chandrashekar Rao announced the ex gratia to be given to the people.
The K. The Chandrashekar Rao Government would follow the guidelines framed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR.) A TRS official said the ex gratia would not be denied to the families of persons who have died of COVID-19 but have not mentioned the same reason in their death certificates.
In addition, the TRS Government has also formed District Level COVID-19 Death Ascertaining Committees (CDACs,) headed by the District Collector, District Medical and Health Officer (DM&HO) and Superintendent of the District Headquarter Hospital. The committee would address the difficulties and queries of the eligible families seeking the announced compensation.
How to avail ex gratia assistance of COVID-19?
To avail The ex gratia assistance, the concerned families need to submit their claims through a form issued by the State Authority. The CDAC would work as a Grievance Redressal Committee for certification of death. The relatives of the deceased need to submit an application through Meeseva centres for the issue of the official document for Covid-19 death.
In addition, they need to attach specified documents including the death certificate that certifies the cause of death to be COVID-19.
The committee would propose remedial measures, including issuance of amended official documents for COVID-19 death after verifying facts.
After verification, the family would get the financial assistance within 30 days of the documents submission.
Meanwhile, the Telangana Government is working hard to combat the cases of the Wuhan virus and handling the situation in an organised manner.
In addition, in the past few days, the State reported fewer cases of COVID-19, taking the active cases below 4,000, which is currently 3,746.
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