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- 21,235 people have received Rs 50,000 ex-gratia till date
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New Delhi, December 14, 2021 :
As a responsible and caring administration, the Delhi Government is rapidly working upon dispensing COVID-19 compensation. Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam informed that 21,235 people have received Rs 50,000 ex-gratia till date. He added that 1,500 applicants will receive the one time aid in a few days and nearly 2,000 have refused to take the ex-gratia. 9,484 applications for the monthly pension of Rs 2,500 have been approved and 7,955 are already receiving the money every month. He said that the government is making every effort to make the documentation simple for applicants and SDM teams have been directed to carry out door to door verification.
Rajendra Pal Gautam said, “The Delhi Government received a total of 25,100 applications for ex-gratia under the Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Aarthik Sahayata Yojana. Out of these, the sum of 50,000 rupees has been paid to 21,235 applicants till now. There are about 2,000 such cases who refused to take assistance under the scheme. A major section of the refusals came from families that were financially well-off and did not seem to require the aid. Apart from this, most of the applications are in the finalisation stages barring a few that have met some technical problems that are being worked upon. About 1,500 applicants will soon receive the aid.”
He continued, “As for the monthly aid program under the scheme, where 2,500 rupees are being given per month to dependents and widows — 12,668 have been received. Of these 9,484 cases have been approved and 7,955 applicants have started receiving the monthly pension. 1,120 applications are under the process of verification and will start receiving the money after it is done. Aid has been extended to 1,529 persons on the portals and will be remitted to their bank accounts in three to four days. We are clearing all applications as soon as we can. There are some cases where queries have been raised and will be cleared once the queries are resolved.”
He continued, “The compensation disbursement process has been streamlined and simplified. We have made every effort to make the documentation burden as light as possible for applicants. SDM offices and their teams have been directed to carry out door to door verification as well.”
The Social Welfare Minister also stated, “the health department has contacted all Delhi households which suffered a loss due to COVID-19. To date, the Delhi Government has paid out Rs. 4,06,42,500 in compensation to the families of those who have lost a member under the scheme.”
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