PM Insurance Scheme For Health Workers Fighting COVID-19 Extended
The scheme supplies an insurance coverage duvet of Rs 50 lakhs to healthcare suppliers.
New Delhi:
The ”Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Bundle Insurance coverage Scheme for Well being Staff Combating COVID-19”, which used to be introduced on March 30 this 12 months for a duration of 90 days, has been prolonged for an extra duration of 90 days.
“The ”Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Bundle Insurance coverage Scheme for Well being Staff Combating COVID-19” used to be introduced on 30 March 2020 for a duration of 90 days. This used to be prolonged for an extra duration of 90 days i.e. as much as 25th September 2020. The scheme has now been prolonged for any other 180 days i.e. 6 months,” in keeping with a central authority unencumber.
The scheme supplies an insurance coverage duvet of Rs 50 lakhs to healthcare suppliers, together with group well being staff, who would possibly must be in direct touch and care of COVID-19 sufferers and due to this fact prone to being inflamed. It additionally contains unintended lack of existence as a result of contracting COVID-19.
“There’s no age prohibit for this scheme and person enrolment isn’t required. All of the quantity of top class for this scheme is being borne by way of the Ministry of Well being and Circle of relatives Welfare, Executive of India. The ease/declare beneath this coverage is along with the volume payable beneath another insurance policies,” learn the discharge.
The Ministry of Well being and Circle of relatives Welfare has collaborated with the New India Assurance (NIA) Corporate Restricted for offering the insurance coverage quantity in line with the information ready for the scheme.
Thus far, a complete of 61 claims are processed and paid beneath the scheme.156 claims are beneath exam by way of New India Assurance (NIA) Corporate Restricted, and in 67 instances claims paperwork are but to be submitted by way of the States, the federal government mentioned.
The scheme additionally covers personal medical institution workforce/ retired/volunteer/ native city our bodies/contract/day by day salary/ ad-hoc/outsourced workforce requisitioned by way of States/ Central hospitals/self reliant hospitals of Central/States/UTs, AIIMS & INIs/ hospitals of Central Ministries drafted for COVID-19 comparable obligations.
The insurance coverage supplied beneath this scheme is over and above another insurance coverage duvet being availed of by way of the beneficiary.
