Lok Sabha Question No. 825 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Compensation to the Victims of COVID-19
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Anto  Antony, Adoor Prakash

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

## LOK SABHA U NSTARRED QUESTION NO. 825 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## COMPENSATION TO THE VICTIMS OF COVID - 19

## 825. SHRI ANTO ANTONY: ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has declared that COVID -19 pandemic is a national disaster and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has noticed that the Apex Court of India has directed them to frame a guideline and declare compensation to the victims of COVID - 19;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Govern ment has any data regarding number of people who died due to COVID -19 pandemicand if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has noticed that the deaths due to COVID -19 were not registered properly/ underreported/concealed to bring down death rate and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the action taken by the Government to direct the States/UTs to reveal the actual death due to the pandemic?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : Keeping in view the spread of COVID - 19 in the country and declaration of COVID - 19 as pandemic  by  the  World  health  Organization,  the  central  Government  treated  it  as  not disaster for providing assistance under State Disaster Response Fund for various containment measures.
- (b)  &(c) : The  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  of  India  vide  its  judgment  dated  30 th June,  2021,  in W.P.(C) No. 539 of 2021 titled as Gaurav Kumar Bansal of vs. Union of India & Ors. inter directed  National  Disaster  Management  Authority  ( NDMA)  to  recommend  guidelines  for  ex gratia assistance on account of loss of life to the family members of the persons who die

COVID - 19,  as  mandated under Section 12(iii) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 for minimum  standards  of  relief  to  b e  provided  to  the  persons  affected  by  disaster - COVID - 19 pandemic, over and above the guidelines already recommended for the minimum standards o relief  to  be  provided  to  persons  affected  by  COVID - 19.  Pursuant  to  the  said  judgement,  the matter is under con sultation with all the stakeholders.

(d)  to  (f) : State/UT  wise  COVID - 19  deaths  since  January  2020  (as  on  22 nd July  2021,  is  at Annexure).

MoHFW has conveyed to States/UTs, WHO and ICMR guidelines on correct recording of  COVID - 19  related  deaths  in  accorda nce  with  globally  accepted  ICD - 10  classification.  In addition,  the  issue  of  correct  and  timely  reporting  of  deaths  has  also  been  stresse States/UTs through video conferences and formal communication.

Accordingly, the details are obtained from state s/UTs.  It  has  been  noted  that  some  of states based on reconciliation of mortality data have also revised the reported COVID - 19 deaths. All states have also been advised that while reconciling the data, the details of death indicated date wise & d istrict wise to get correct picture of the pandemic.

Annexure State/UT wise COVID-19 Deaths since January 2020 (as on 22 nd July 2021)

| S. No.   | Name of State / UT                       | No. of Deaths reported   |
|----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 129                      |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 13,197                   |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 204                      |
| 4        | Assam                                    | 5,054                    |
| 5        | Bihar                                    | 9,635                    |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               | 809                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             | 13,506                   |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 4                        |
| 9        | Delhi                                    | 25,039                   |
| 10       | Goa                                      | 3,118                    |
| 11       | Gujarat                                  | 10,076                   |
| 12       | Haryana                                  | 9,611                    |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                         | 3,507                    |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 4,372                    |
| 15       | Jharkhand                                | 5,122                    |
| 16       | Karnataka                                | 36,262                   |
| 17       | Kerala                                   | 15,617                   |
| 18       | Ladakh                                   | 206                      |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                              | 49                       |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 10,512                   |
| 21       | Maharashtra                              | 130,918                  |
| 22       | Manipur                                  | 1,424                    |
| 23       | Meghalaya                                | 974                      |
| 24       | Mizoram                                  | 127                      |
| 25       | Nagaland                                 | 535                      |
| 26       | Odisha                                   | 5,241                    |
| 27       | Puducherry                               | 1,781                    |
| 28       | Punjab                                   | 16,246                   |
| 29       | Rajasthan                                | 8,951                    |
| 30       | Sikkim                                   | 326                      |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               | 33,809                   |
| 32       | Telangana                                | 3,771                    |
| 33       | Tripura                                  | 732                      |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                              | 7,357                    |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 22,739                   |
| 36       | West Bengal                              | 18,027                   |
| Total    | Total                                    | 418,987                  |