The government is giving the ex-gratia sum to the kin of those who succumbed to COVID-19 . The ex-gratia sum is under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, as part of the National Disaster Management Act .
In Rajya Sabha today, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai revealed that the government is giving the ex-gratia sum to the kin of those who succumbed to COVID-19, including those involved in relief operations or similar in readiness activities, under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, as part of the National Disaster Management Act (NDMA), and that the kin of the deceased individual will be identified as Covid, according to the Health Ministry and the Indian Council of Medical