<p dir="ltr">Tamil Nadu government has issued an order to provide Rs 50,000 as a relief to the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to Covid-19 infection.</p>.<p dir="ltr">A government order dated December 3 issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department asked district collectors to use funds from the State Disaster Response Fund to provide the relief. </p>.<p dir="ltr">The order signed by Kumar Jayant, Principal Secretary to the Government, said Rs 50,000 will be provided to persons who died of Covid-19 including to those involved in relief operations or associated with preparedness activities subject to the cause of death being certified as Covid-19. </p>.<p dir="ltr"><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/malls-express-concern-over-citizens-fake-vaccination-certificates-1058391.html">Malls express concern over citizens’ fake vaccination certificates </a></strong></p>.<p dir="ltr">The relief will be provided from the SDRF, in strict compliance with NDMA guidelines issued in September 2021. “This ex-gratia assistance will be applicable from the date of first Covid-19 case reported in the country and will continue till de-notification of Covid-19 as a disaster or till further, whichever is earlier,” the order said. </p>.<p dir="ltr">However, families of frontline workers who received Rs 25 lakh as ex-gratia for Covid death under the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund (CMPRF) and children who received Rs 5 lakh after losing both parents and Rs 3 lakh for children who lost one parent. </p>.<p dir="ltr">As many as 36,539 persons have lost their lives due to Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu since March 2020.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Tamil Nadu government has issued an order to provide Rs 50,000 as a relief to the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to Covid-19 infection.</p>.<p dir="ltr">A government order dated December 3 issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department asked district collectors to use funds from the State Disaster Response Fund to provide the relief. </p>.<p dir="ltr">The order signed by Kumar Jayant, Principal Secretary to the Government, said Rs 50,000 will be provided to persons who died of Covid-19 including to those involved in relief operations or associated with preparedness activities subject to the cause of death being certified as Covid-19. </p>.<p dir="ltr"><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/malls-express-concern-over-citizens-fake-vaccination-certificates-1058391.html">Malls express concern over citizens’ fake vaccination certificates </a></strong></p>.<p dir="ltr">The relief will be provided from the SDRF, in strict compliance with NDMA guidelines issued in September 2021. “This ex-gratia assistance will be applicable from the date of first Covid-19 case reported in the country and will continue till de-notification of Covid-19 as a disaster or till further, whichever is earlier,” the order said. </p>.<p dir="ltr">However, families of frontline workers who received Rs 25 lakh as ex-gratia for Covid death under the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund (CMPRF) and children who received Rs 5 lakh after losing both parents and Rs 3 lakh for children who lost one parent. </p>.<p dir="ltr">As many as 36,539 persons have lost their lives due to Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu since March 2020.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
