Lok Sabha Question No. 777 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-29
Subject: Covid-19 Deaths in Karnataka
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri  Radhakrishna

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 777 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2024

## COVID-19 DEATHS IN KARNATAKA

## 777. SHRI RADHAKRISHNA:

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

- a) the details of total Covid-19 deaths in the state of Karnataka, district and year-wise;
- b) the details of total applications received and ex gratia assistance given to families of COVID19 deceased in the state of Karnataka, district and year-wise; and
- c) the details of total applications received and assistance given to orphaned children covered under PM CARES for Children Scheme in the State of Karnataka, district and year-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) collects State level data on Covid-19 cases and deaths from the States/UTs on Integrated Health Information Platform. The district level data is maintained by the States at their level. District and year-wise wise details of COVID -19 death, as received from the State Surveillance Unit, Karnataka is given as Annexure I .

(b) In pursuance of the Hon ' ble Supreme Court Judgement dated 30 th June 2021, Government of India through National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued ' Guidelines to provide for ex-gratia assistance to kin of the deceased by COVID-19 ' . NDMAhas recommended an ex-gratia amount of Rs. 50,000/- per deceased person subject to cause of death certified as COVID-19. Ex-gratia assistance is provided by States from State Disaster Response Funds and distribution of relief is the responsibility of the States/UTs Government concerned.

(c) Under the PM CARES for Children scheme, a pro-rata amount is credited in the post office account of each identified child in such a manner that the corpus for each child becomes Rs.10 lakhs at the time of attaining 18 years of age. Children are entitled to receive monthly stipend between the age of 18 and 23 years, by investing the corpus of Rs.10 lakhs into Monthly Income Scheme of Post Office. They are entitled to receive the amount of Rs.10 lakh on attaining the age of 23 years. The children staying in childcare institutions are provided boarding and lodging facilities on govt. cost.

Under the scheme, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education is entrusted with the task to ensure that all beneficiaries in the schooling age group are enrolled in schools. In order to facilitate admission of these children, additional seats @ 10 children per Kendriya Vidyalaya subject to maximum of 2 children per class were sanctioned in the Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country and beneficiaries are exempted from payment of fee from Class I to XII. Provisions are made for admission in the nearest Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or Private Schools and benefits given of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.`

Further, scholarship of Rs.20,000/- are provided to all school going children of class I to XII. Children are also assisted in obtaining education loan for Professional courses / Higher Education in India. All children have been enrolled under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojna (AB PM-JAY) with a health insurance cover of Rs.5 lakh. The coverage of health insurance is provided till they attain the age of 23 years. As conveyed by Ministry of Women and Child Development, district and year-wise number of children in the State of Karnataka to whom assistance has been given under the PM CARES for Children Scheme is detailed at Annexure II .

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Annexure I District and year wise number of COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka

|   S. No. | District         |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |   2024* |
|----------|------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|        1 | Bagalkote        |    137 |    196 |     36 |      0 |       0 |
|        2 | Ballari          |    597 |   1091 |    101 |      6 |       5 |
|        3 | Belagavi         |    341 |    607 |     60 |      0 |       0 |
|        4 | Bengaluru        |   4344 |  12074 |    575 |     17 |       4 |
|        5 | Bengaluru Rural  |    153 |    739 |     20 |      2 |       0 |
|        6 | Bidar            |    176 |    233 |     16 |      0 |       0 |
|        7 | Chamarajanagar   |    131 |    384 |     24 |      0 |       0 |
|        8 | Chikballapur     |    117 |    316 |     30 |      0 |       2 |
|        9 | Chikkamagaluru   |    139 |    259 |      9 |      0 |       0 |
|       10 | Chitradurga      |     68 |    144 |     30 |      0 |       0 |
|       11 | Dakshina Kannada |    736 |    965 |    161 |      7 |       2 |
|       12 | Davanagere       |    264 |    344 |     20 |      1 |       1 |
|       13 | Dharwad          |    611 |    716 |     89 |      5 |       1 |
|       14 | Gadag            |    141 |    178 |     20 |      0 |       1 |
|       15 | Hassan           |    393 |    871 |     47 |      1 |       0 |
|       16 | Haveri           |    189 |    454 |     31 |      2 |       0 |
|       17 | Kalaburagi       |    324 |    499 |     68 |      5 |       2 |
|       18 | Kodagu           |     71 |    268 |     16 |      0 |       0 |
|       19 | Kolar            |    178 |    465 |     24 |      0 |       0 |
|       20 | Koppal           |    279 |    249 |     16 |      1 |       1 |
|       21 | Mandya           |    149 |    510 |     53 |      0 |       1 |
|       22 | Mysuru           |   1012 |   1416 |    145 |      6 |      10 |
|       23 | Raichur          |    158 |    175 |     36 |      1 |       1 |
|       24 | Ramanagara       |     77 |    246 |     26 |      1 |       0 |
|       25 | Shivamogga       |    348 |    742 |     56 |      5 |       2 |
|       26 | Tumakuru         |    378 |    766 |     79 |      2 |       3 |
|       27 | Udupi            |    189 |    302 |     59 |      0 |       1 |
|       28 | Uttara Kannada   |    179 |    599 |     41 |      1 |       1 |
|       30 | Vijayanagara     |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       1 |
|       29 | Vijayapura       |    204 |    291 |     27 |      1 |       0 |
|       31 | Yadgir           |     60 |    146 |      5 |      0 |       0 |

*Data updated till 21.11.2024

Annexure II District and year-wise number of children in the State of Karnataka to whom assistance

## has been given under the PM CARES for Children Scheme

|   S. No. | District         |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |   2024 |
|----------|------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|        1 | Bagalkote        |      7 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|        2 | Ballari          |      6 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
|        3 | Belagavi         |     14 |      8 |      0 |      0 |
|        4 | Bengaluru Rural  |      1 |      3 |      0 |      0 |
|        5 | Bengaluru Urban  |     28 |      2 |      2 |      0 |
|        6 | Bidar            |      8 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|        7 | Chamarajanagar   |      3 |      0 |      2 |      0 |
|        8 | Chikballapur     |     14 |      2 |      0 |      0 |
|        9 | Chikkamagaluru   |      5 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
|       10 | Chitradurga      |      4 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
|       11 | Dakshina Kannada |      8 |      3 |      0 |      0 |
|       12 | Davanagere       |      2 |      2 |      0 |      0 |
|       13 | Dharwad          |      4 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
|       14 | Gadag            |      5 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|       15 | Hassan           |      8 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|       16 | Haveri           |      1 |      3 |      0 |      0 |
|       17 | Kalaburagi       |      2 |      1 |      2 |      0 |
|       18 | Kodagu           |      4 |      2 |      0 |      0 |
|       19 | Kolar            |      5 |      0 |      3 |      0 |
|       20 | Koppal           |      3 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|       21 | Mandya           |      3 |      3 |      0 |      0 |
|       22 | Mysuru           |     10 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
|       23 | Raichur          |      1 |      3 |      0 |      0 |
|       24 | Ramanagara       |      5 |      3 |      0 |      0 |
|       25 | Shivamogga       |      5 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|       26 | Tumakuru         |      7 |      1 |      1 |      1 |
|       27 | Udupi            |      3 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|       28 | Uttara Kannada   |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|       30 | Vijayanagara     |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|       29 | Vijayapura       |      2 |      6 |      0 |      0 |
|       31 | Yadgir           |      6 |      0 |      0 |      0 |