1,016 claims settled, paid till Aug 4 under insurance scheme for health workers

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Over 1,000 claims have been settled and paid till August 4 under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting Covid-19, Union Minister Bharati Pravin Pawar told Lok Sabha on Friday.

The minister of state for health said the scheme was launched on March 30 last year to provide comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs 50 Lakh to 22.12 lakh healthcare providers, including community and private health workers, who may have been in direct contact and care of Covid-19 patients and could be at risk of being impacted by this.

The scheme is being implemented through an insurance policy from New India Assurance Company Limited. The minister added that “1,016 claims have been settled and paid as on August 4, 2021”.

The implementation of the insurance scheme in states and UTs is regularly reviewed by officials of the health and finance ministries, Pawar said.

During these reviews it was noted that in some cases payment of claims was getting delayed on account of receipt of incomplete claim documents or delay in receipt of documents from states and UTs, she said.