Lok Sabha Question No. 983 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Riti Pathak, Geeta Kora

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 983

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd      DECEMBER 2021

## PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN PACKAGE

## 983.   SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:

SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

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

- (a) the  number  of  ASHA  workers  and  front  line  health  workers  who  died  in  the  line  of COVID-19  related  duty  since  outbreak  of  the  pandemic  till  date,  State/UT-wise including West Bengal;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  provided  50  lakh  insurance  coverage  for  the  front  line health workers of the country under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package; and
- (c) if so, the details of families of ASHA workers and front line health workers who have been given the benefit of the said insurance coverage, State/ UT-wise?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH

## ANSWER AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (c): The  total  number  of  deaths  due  to  COVID-19,  including  that  of  ASHA workers and front line health workers, State/UT wise, including West Bengal as on 29th November 2021, as reported by the States/UTs, is at Annexure-I .

'Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kalyan  Package  (PMGKP):  Insurance  Scheme  for  Health  Care Workers  Fighting  COVID-19'  was  launched  on  30.03.2020  to  provide  comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs. 50 Lakh to health care providers including community health workers  and  private  health  workers  who  may  have  been  in  direct  contact  and  care  of COVID-19 patients and may be at risk of being impacted by this.

The  details  of  ASHA  workers  and  other  front  line  health  workers,  whose  families  have been given the benefit of the insurance coverage, State/ UT-wise, as on 29.11.2021, are at

Annexure-II .

## Annexure-I

## Total number of COVID-19 deaths as reported by the States/UTs (as on 29 th November 2021)

| Sr. No .   | Name of State/UT                         |   Cumulative deaths |
|------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1          | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |                 129 |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh                           |               14438 |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                 280 |
| 4          | Assam                                    |                6092 |
| 5          | Bihar                                    |                9663 |
| 6          | Chandigarh                               |                 820 |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh                             |               13593 |
| 8          | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                   4 |
| 9          | Delhi                                    |               25097 |
| 10         | Goa                                      |                3382 |
| 11         | Gujarat                                  |               10092 |
| 12         | Haryana                                  |               10054 |
| 13         | Himachal Pradesh                         |                3847 |
| 14         | Jammu and Kashmir                        |                4475 |
| 15         | Jharkhand                                |                5140 |
| 16         | Karnataka                                |               38198 |
| 17         | Kerela                                   |               39838 |
| 18         | Ladakh                                   |                 213 |
| 19         | Lakshadweep                              |                  51 |
| 20         | Madhya Pradesh                           |               10528 |
| 21         | Maharashtra                              |              140941 |
| 22         | Manipur                                  |                1971 |
| 23         | Meghalaya                                |                1471 |
| 24         | Mizoram                                  |                 492 |
| 25         | Nagaland                                 |                 696 |
| 26         | Odisha                                   |                8407 |
| 27         | Puducherry                               |                1872 |
| 28         | Punjab                                   |               16596 |
| 29         | Rajasthan                                |                8955 |
| 30         | Sikkim                                   |                 403 |
| 31         | Tamil Nadu                               |               36463 |
| 32         | Telangana                                |                3989 |
| 33         | Tripura                                  |                 821 |
| 34         | Uttarakhand                              |                7407 |
| 35         | Uttar Pradesh                            |               22910 |
| 36         | West Bengal                              |               19462 |
|            | Total                                    |              468790 |

## Annexure-II

## Details of ASHA workers and other front line health workers benefitted under PMGKP Insurance scheme (As on 29.11.2021)

|   Sr. No. | State/UT                 |   ASHA workers |   Other Health workers |   Total |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|---------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |              0 |                      2 |       2 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh           |             11 |                    143 |     154 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |              0 |                      5 |       5 |
|         4 | Assam                    |              1 |                     15 |      16 |
|         5 | Bihar                    |              7 |                     77 |      84 |
|         6 | Chandigarh               |              0 |                      1 |       1 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh             |             20 |                     60 |      80 |
|         8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |              0 |                      0 |       0 |
|         9 | Daman &Diu               |              0 |                      0 |       0 |
|        10 | Delhi                    |              0 |                     51 |      51 |
|        11 | Goa                      |              0 |                      5 |       5 |
|        12 | Gujarat                  |             16 |                    111 |     127 |
|        13 | Haryana                  |              2 |                     26 |      28 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh         |              0 |                      5 |       5 |
|        15 | Jammu &Kashmir           |              3 |                     25 |      28 |
|        16 | Jharkhand                |              2 |                     13 |      15 |
|        17 | Karnataka                |              8 |                     85 |      93 |
|        18 | Kerala                   |              4 |                     18 |      22 |
|        19 | Ladakh                   |              0 |                      1 |       1 |
|        20 | Lakshadweep              |              0 |                      0 |       0 |
|        21 | Madhya Pradesh           |              5 |                     65 |      70 |
|        22 | Maharashtra              |              8 |                    184 |     192 |
|        23 | Manipur                  |              0 |                      2 |       2 |
|        24 | Meghalaya                |              0 |                      0 |       0 |
|        25 | Mizoram                  |              0 |                      0 |       0 |
|        26 | Nagaland                 |              0 |                      1 |       1 |
|        27 | Odisha                   |              5 |                     16 |      21 |
|        28 | Puducherry               |              0 |                     22 |      22 |
|        29 | Punjab                   |              2 |                     26 |      28 |
|        30 | Rajasthan                |              7 |                    119 |     126 |

| 31   | Sikkim        |   0 |    3 |    3 |
|------|---------------|-----|------|------|
| 32   | Tamil Nadu    |   0 |   95 |   95 |
| 33   | Telangana     |   4 |   72 |   76 |
| 34   | Tripura       |   1 |    1 |    2 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh |   9 |  118 |  127 |
| 36   | Uttarakhand   |   2 |    4 |    6 |
| 37   | West Bengal   |   0 |   21 |   21 |
|      | Total         | 117 | 1392 | 1509 |