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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Can't Give ₹ 4 Lakh For Covid Victims, Centre Tells Supreme Court -A Vaidyanathan

Can't Give ₹ 4 Lakh For Covid Victims, Centre Tells Supreme Court -A Vaidyanathan

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published Published on Jun 20, 2021   modified Modified on Jun 20, 2021

-NDTV.com

The centre in its affidavit also said due to increased health expenses and low tax revenue it is beyond states' budget to pay compensation for lakhs of Covid victims.

New Delhi: Families of Covid victims cannot be paid compensation as it applies to natural disasters only, the government told the Supreme Court, adding that states cannot afford to pay 4 lakh to every victim. In a 183-page affidavit filed late last night, the centre also added that denying compensation for diseases other than Covid would be "unfair".

The centre added that the deadly disease has caused more than 3.85 lakh deaths - which is likely to increase - and states, reeling under severe financial strain, cannot pay everyone. The government's response comes after the Supreme Court asked it to inform its policy on Covid compensation and death certificates after a plea asked for 4 lakh for victims.

Explaining that the Disaster Management Law states that compensation applies only to natural disasters like earthquake or floods, the government said that due to the pandemic's massive scale it would not be appropriate to apply it to Covid.

The centre in its affidavit also said due to increased health expenses and low tax revenue, states cannot afford to pay compensation for lakhs of Covid victims.

"Utilisation of scarce resources for giving ex-gratia, may have unfortunate consequences of affecting the pandemic response and health expenditure in other aspects and hence cause more damage than good," the centre added in its affidavit.

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NDTV.com, 20 June, 2021, https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cant-give-rs-4-lakh-compensation-to-covid-victims-compensation-applies-to-natural-disasters-centre-tells-supreme-court-2467971?fbclid=IwAR1N_vYACLmfMC_GNjy5XW1xQ82G8GGVb3i1JS7gMx8QWZ8OBNtmfy6Oiys


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