MP: Hit by Covid, old age homes in 9 districts struggle to stay afloat without financial aid, subsid
MP: Hit by Covid, old age homes in 9 districts struggle to stay afloat without financial aid, subsidized ration
While the minister concerned in the Madhya Pradesh government denies these claims, managers of state-aided old age homes in at least nine districts claim they have neither received financial aid nor subsidised ration since the Covid-19 outbreak.
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The outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic brought drastic change to the lives of residents in state-aided old age homes across at least nine districts of Madhya Pradesh. Earlier, the MP government was paying Rs 1,000 per person each month as financial aid to old age homes but the payments have dried up since July of this year.