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Centre to provide fresh insurance cover to COVID-19 warriors
The Union Health Ministry on Monday announced that all claims of COVID warriors under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package will be settled till April 24 after which a fresh insurance policy for them will become effective. In a tweet, the ministry said that a new dispensation will be provided to cover the corona warriors . For this, the ministry is in talks with the New India Assurance, it said.
 Two hundred and eight seven claims have been paid by the insurance company so far. The scheme has played a crucial psychological role in boosting the morale of the health workers fighting COVID-19, the ministry said in a statement.
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the government over the issue of insurance cover for health workers in the country. The Union health ministry has announced that all claims of Covid warriors under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, which was launched in March last year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, will be settled till April 24, after which a fresh insurance policy for them will become effective. Government of India (GOI), you are utterly ungrateful, Gandhi said in a tweet, citing a media report claiming that India s health workers are left without government insurance cover as the second wave of Covid-19 hits the country.
Centre to provide new dispensation to cover corona warriors under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package ANI | Updated: Apr 19, 2021 10:13 IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday announced that all claims under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) will be settled by the Insurance Company till April 24, after which a new dispensation will be provided to cover Corona Warriors .
Taking to Twitter, the Ministry said that it is already in talks with the Insurance Company for the new scheme to cover COVID-19 warriors. The claims under PMGKP will be settled by the Insurance Company till 24th of April 2021. Thereafter a new dispensation will be provided to cover the Corona Warriors, for which the Ministry is in talks with the Insurance Company (New India Assurance), it tweeted.
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Centre to provide fresh insurance cover to COVID-19 warriors
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Last Updated: Apr 19, 2021, 12:13 PM IST
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Synopsis The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) insurance policy claims of COVID warriors will continue to be settled till 24th April, 2021, thereafter a fresh insurance policy for COVID warriors will become effective, Union Health Ministry said. The PMGKP was announced on March last year, and was extended thrice till April 24, the ministry said.
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The Union Health Ministry on Monday announced that all claims of COVID warriors under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package will be settled till April 24 after which a fresh insurance policy for them will become effective. In a tweet, the ministry said that a new dispensation will be provided to cover the corona warriors . For this, the ministry is in talks with the