Our Correspondent
Imphal, Dec. 20 (EMN): The Manipur government notified that it will provide ex-gratia of INR 50,000 each to the families of Covid-19 deceased victims, according to a notification issued by the State Relief and Disaster Management (SDMA).
A copy of the Relief and Disaster Management notification available with HT correspondent stated that the ex-gratia assistance is to be provided in pursuance of the “Guidelines for ex-gratia assistance to next kin of the deceased by Covid-19” issued by the National Disaster Management Authority on September 11 (2021).
The concerned families of the deceased will have to submit their claims through an application form/claims form issued by SDMA along with specified documents, it said adding that these application forms can be availed from the office of the Deputy Commissioner/Chairman, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).
All applications for the ex-gratia assistance to the next kin of the deceased person by Covid-19 shall be submitted at the office of the concerned Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDM). The SDM after verifying the documents shall submit a detailed report along with the documents to the office of the district magistrates for release of ex-gratia assistance with the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on September 25 this year, it stated.
Later the district administrations shall notify and depute officers/officials as required for release of the ex-gratia assistance to the next kin of the deceased by Covid-19. The payment will be distributed through Aadhaar-linked direct benefit transfer procedure.
‘The district administration will ensure the process of the claims, verification, sanction and final disbursements of the ex-gratia payments through a robust yet simple people-friendly procedure’, it added.
In October this year, a former member of Manipur Alliance for Child Rights had urged the state chief secretary and chairman of the state executive committee of the SDMA to implement the supreme court ruling issued on October 4 to start paying ex-gratia assistance of INR 50,000 to the next kin of Covid-19 victims. In Manipur, Covid-19 has claimed 1,995 lives till date.