Lok Sabha Question No. 805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Schemes for COVID-19 Health workers
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## SCHEMES FOR COVID - 19 HEALTH WORKERS

## 805. SHRI BASANTA KU MAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WE LFARE be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  formulating  any scheme  to  provide  special  benefits  to  health workers;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of schemes rolled out so far for health workers fighting COVID - 19 in the country; and

- (d) the details of beneficiaries of these schemes, State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR . BHARATI PRAVIN PAW AR )

(a) to (d): Insurance Scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting COVID -19'  was  launched  on 30.03.2020 (old scheme) to provide comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs. 50 Lakh 22.12 lakh health care providers including community health workers and priva te health workers who may have been in direct contact and care of COVID - 19 patients and may be at r isk of being impacted by this.

To further expedite the processing of claims, the claim processing has been stream and simplified w.e.f. 28.05.2021 (new scheme) by circulating a proforma certificate in which the concerned District Collectors are to certify eligibility of the claims. The claims are verified  and  certified  by  the  District  Collectors  and  forwarded  to  the  insurance  comp release of payments to the claimants so as to expedite the claim settlement.

The  State/UT  wise  position  in  respect  of  the  claims  received  under  the  old  and schemes is at Annexure I and II.

Government of India has introduced a new category called 'Wards of COVID Warriors' in the guidelines for selection and nomination of candidates against Central pool MBBS se the academic year 2020 -21. Five Central pool MBBS seats were reserved for this category fo the  academic  year  2020 - 21.  MBBS  seats  were  allocat ed  for  Central  pool  MBBS  seats  for candidates from amongst the wards of 'COVID Warriors', who have lost life due to COVID 19; or died accidently on account of COVID 19 related duty.

In addition, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has advised States/UTs t o undertake various initiatives to recognize services rendered by healthcare workers engaged in COVI - 19 related duties. Some of these include:

- All such professionals who sign up for minimum 100 days of Covid duty and complete successfully  will  be  given the  Prime  Minister's  Distinguished  Covid  National  Service Samman from Government of India.
- State/UT Governments to consider giving preference in regular Government appointments Health professionals through the respective Public Service Commission/ othe r recruitment bodies, for those Health Professionals under this special scheme, who complete a mini of 100 days of Covid related duty.
- States/UTs may also consider giving suitable honorarium for distinguished Covid Servic per NHM norms.

Further, rea lizing the criticality of human resources at the time of pandemic, Minist Health  &  Family  Welfare  has  taken  a  number  of  steps  to  improve  wellbeing  of  healthc workers. Few of the actions taken in this regard include:

- With  the  launch  of  COVID - 19  vacc ination  initiative  on  16 th January  2021,  Healthcare workers  were  identified  as  one  of  the  first  priority  group.  State  Governments administrations have been repeatedly urged to ensure that the medical professionals en in Covid related work are suit ably vaccinated.
- Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  provided  guidelines  on  Infection  Prevention Control practices to the State Governments to minimize the risk of infection to hea workers.
- For  high - risk  exposures,  healthcare  workers  are  bein g  provided  with  a  quarantine  period initially for one week and thereafter taking the profile of the health worker a deci taken for further period of one week. An advisory to this effect for managing healt workers working in COVID and Non - CO VID areas of the hospital was issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 18 th June 2020.

Annexure-I

| State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (Old Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (Old Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (Old Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (Old Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (Old Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (Old Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (Old Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (Old Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (Old Scheme)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Dated : 16.07.2021                                                       | Dated : 16.07.2021                                                       | Dated : 16.07.2021                                                       | Dated : 16.07.2021                                                       | Dated : 16.07.2021                                                       | Dated : 16.07.2021                                                       | Dated : 16.07.2021                                                       | Dated : 16.07.2021                                                       | Dated : 16.07.2021                                                       |
| Sr. No.                                                                  | State/UT                                                                 | Total Claims                                                             | Claims Received                                                          | Claims Paid                                                              | Payment in process                                                       | Claims Pending                                                           | Claims rejected by District Magistrate/ Withdrawn by State               | Claims Ineligible                                                        |
| 1                                                                        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                                | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 2                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                           | 84                                                                       | 83                                                                       | 73                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 3                                                                        | 7                                                                        |
| 3                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                        | 4                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 4                                                                        | Assam                                                                    | 13                                                                       | 13                                                                       | 12                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 5                                                                        | Bihar                                                                    | 44                                                                       | 39                                                                       | 31                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 5                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 4                                                                        |
| 6                                                                        | Chandigarh                                                               | 3                                                                        | 3                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 2                                                                        |
| 7                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                             | 42                                                                       | 36                                                                       | 28                                                                       | 5                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 8                                                                        |
| 8                                                                        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                      | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 9                                                                        | Delhi                                                                    | 40                                                                       | 37                                                                       | 34                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 3                                                                        | 3                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 10                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                  | 72                                                                       | 69                                                                       | 55                                                                       | 1                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 14                                                                       |
| 11                                                                       | Haryana                                                                  | 17                                                                       | 15                                                                       | 10                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 5                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 12                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                         | 4                                                                        | 3                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 13                                                                       | Jammu &Kashmir                                                           | 30                                                                       | 30                                                                       | 23                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 3                                                                        | 4                                                                        |
| 14                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                                | 15                                                                       | 13                                                                       | 7                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 5                                                                        |
| 15                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                | 140                                                                      | 129                                                                      | 71                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 11                                                                       | 53                                                                       | 5                                                                        |
| 16                                                                       | Kerala                                                                   | 19                                                                       | 19                                                                       | 15                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        |
| 17                                                                       | Ladakh                                                                   | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 18                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                           | 57                                                                       | 57                                                                       | 50                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 3                                                                        | 4                                                                        |
| 19                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                              | 191                                                                      | 182                                                                      | 144                                                                      | 1                                                                        | 8                                                                        | 6                                                                        | 32                                                                       |
| 20                                                                       | Manipur                                                                  | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 21                                                                       | Mizoram                                                                  | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 2                                                                        |
| 22                                                                       | Odisha                                                                   | 60                                                                       | 55                                                                       | 12                                                                       | 1                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 40                                                                       | 3                                                                        |
| 23                                                                       | Puducherry                                                               | 11                                                                       | 11                                                                       | 9                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 2                                                                        |
| 24                                                                       | Punjab                                                                   | 19                                                                       | 19                                                                       | 19                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 25                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                | 84                                                                       | 82                                                                       | 64                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 18                                                                       |
| 26                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                   | 3                                                                        | 3                                                                        | 3                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 27 28                                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                                               | 52 49                                                                    | 52 47                                                                    | 36 36                                                                    | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 15 4                                                                     |
|                                                                          | Telangana                                                                |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 0                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 7                                                                        |                                                                          |
| 29                                                                       | Tripura                                                                  | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
|                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                            | 52                                                                       | 48                                                                       |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 1                                                                        |                                                                          |
| 30                                                                       |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          | 42                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 4                                                                        |                                                                          | 5                                                                        |
| 31                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                              | 5                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0 3                                                                      |
| 32                                                                       | West Bengal                                                              | 25                                                                       | 19                                                                       | 16                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 6                                                                        | 0                                                                        |                                                                          |

## Annexure-II

| State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (New Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (New Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (New Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (New Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (New Scheme)   | State wise Summary of claims under PMGKP Insurance scheme (New Scheme)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                                  | State/UT                                                                 | Total Claims                                                             | Claims Received                                                          | Claims Paid                                                              | Dated : 16.07.2021 Claims Pending                                        |
| 1                                                                        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                 | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 2                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                           | 18                                                                       | 17                                                                       | 17                                                                       | 1                                                                        |
| 3                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 4                                                                        | Assam                                                                    | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 5                                                                        | Bihar                                                                    | 11                                                                       | 5                                                                        | 5                                                                        | 6                                                                        |
| 6                                                                        | Chandigarh                                                               | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 7                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                             | 27                                                                       | 12                                                                       | 12                                                                       | 15                                                                       |
| 8                                                                        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                     | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 9                                                                        | Delhi                                                                    | 4                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 10                                                                       | Goa                                                                      | 4                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 11                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                  | 32                                                                       | 11                                                                       | 11                                                                       | 21                                                                       |
| 12                                                                       | Haryana                                                                  | 8                                                                        | 7                                                                        | 7                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 13                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                         | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 14                                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                                                          | 2                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 15                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                                | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 16                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 17                                                                       | Kerala                                                                   | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 18                                                                       | Ladakh                                                                   | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 19                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                           | 8                                                                        | 7                                                                        | 7                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 20                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                              | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 2                                                                        |
| 21                                                                       | Manipur                                                                  | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 22                                                                       | Mizoram                                                                  | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 23                                                                       | Odisha                                                                   | 2                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 24                                                                       | Puducherry                                                               | 5                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 4                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 25                                                                       | Punjab                                                                   | 4                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 4                                                                        |
| 26                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                | 20                                                                       | 14                                                                       | 14                                                                       | 6                                                                        |
| 27                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                   | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 28                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                               | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 29                                                                       | Telangana                                                                | 38                                                                       | 17                                                                       | 17                                                                       | 21                                                                       |
| 30                                                                       | Tripura                                                                  | 1                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 31                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                            | 2                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        | 1                                                                        |
| 32                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                              | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 33                                                                       | West Bengal                                                              | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 2                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
|                                                                          | Total                                                                    | 199                                                                      | 115                                                                      | 115                                                                      | 84                                                                       |