Lok Sabha Question No. 1554 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Government Officials Engaged in ControllingSpread of COVID-19
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1554

TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  THE  20 TH   SEPTEMBER,  2020/  BHADRAPADA 29, 1942 (SAKA)

GOVERNMENT  OFFICIALS  ENGAGED  IN  CONTROLLING  SPREAD  OF COVID-19

1554. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the estimated number of Government officials engaged in controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the country, State-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Union  Government  will  declare  teachers  and  other Government  officials  engaged  in  the  COVID-19  containment  duty  as the COVID-19 warriors;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  of  family  members  of  teachers  who  died  during discharging their COVID-19 duties;
- (d)  whether compensation has been given at par with the police and doctors  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  and district-wise in regard to Odisha; and
- (e)  the  number  of  families  of  such  officials,  whose  family  members have died of COVID, provided exgratia announced by the Government in the country so far, State-wise along with the amount provided?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (c): Volunteers or government officials drafted by the Central/State/UT  Government  for  care  and  who  may  have  come  in direct  contact  of  the  COVID-19  patient,  can   be   declared   by   the

concerned  designated  authority  as  COVID  warrior.  As  informed  by Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare,  health  is  a  State  subject  and data asked in part (a) and (c) is not centrally maintained.

(d): Volunteers or Government officials drafted on Covid-19 containment  duty  are  covered  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kalyan Package  (PMGKP)  Insurance  Scheme  for  health  workers  fighting COVID-19.  The  State-wise  list  of  disbursement  of  ex-gratia  payment made under PMGKP Insurance Scheme, is at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

| States/UTs: Summary of the claims disbursed (as on 17/09/2020)                      | States/UTs: Summary of the claims disbursed (as on 17/09/2020)                      | States/UTs: Summary of the claims disbursed (as on 17/09/2020)                      | States/UTs: Summary of the claims disbursed (as on 17/09/2020)                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                               | State/UT                                                                            | Claim processed                                                                     | Amount paid (in lakhs)                                                              |
| 1.                                                                                  | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                    | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 2.                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                      | 4                                                                                   | 200                                                                                 |
| 3.                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                   | 1                                                                                   | 50                                                                                  |
| 4.                                                                                  | Assam                                                                               | 2                                                                                   | 100                                                                                 |
| 5.                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                               | 1                                                                                   | 50                                                                                  |
| 6.                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                          | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 7.                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                        | 1                                                                                   | 50                                                                                  |
| 8.                                                                                  | Delhi                                                                               | 1                                                                                   | 50                                                                                  |
| 9.                                                                                  | Gujarat                                                                             | 10                                                                                  | 500                                                                                 |
| 10.                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                             | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 11.                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                                    | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 12.                                                                                 | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                      | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 13.                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                           | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 14.                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                           | 3                                                                                   | 150                                                                                 |
| 15.                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                              | 3                                                                                   | 150                                                                                 |
| 16.                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                      | 2                                                                                   | 100                                                                                 |
| 17.                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                         | 13                                                                                  | 650                                                                                 |
| 18.                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                             | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 19.                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                              | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 20.                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                          | 0                                                                                   | 0                                                                                   |
| 21.                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                              | 1                                                                                   | 50                                                                                  |
| 22.                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                           | 4                                                                                   | 200                                                                                 |
| 23.                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                          | 6                                                                                   | 300                                                                                 |
| 24.                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                           | 2                                                                                   | 100                                                                                 |
| 25.                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                       | 5                                                                                   | 250                                                                                 |
| 26.                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                         | 3                                                                                   | 150                                                                                 |
|                                                                                     | TOTAL                                                                               | 62                                                                                  | 3100                                                                                |
| *6 additional claims are approved but pending for payments due to want of documents | *6 additional claims are approved but pending for payments due to want of documents | *6 additional claims are approved but pending for payments due to want of documents | *6 additional claims are approved but pending for payments due to want of documents |

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