Updated On: 23 July, 2021 06:21 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
In her written reply, Bharati Pawar said the Supreme Court judgment had directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to recommend guidelines for ex-gratia assistance on account of loss of life to the family members of persons who had died due to Covid-19
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The Supreme Court`s directive to the Centre to frame guidelines and declare compensation to the victims of Covid-19 is under consultation with all stakeholders, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha.
Keeping in view the spread of Covid-19 in the country and declaration of the disease as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the central government treated it as a notified disaster for providing assistance under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for various containment measures, Pawar said.