Bengaluru: almost two and a half months after announcing the compensation of RS 1-Lakh for the BPL family who lost at least one member to Covid-19, the Karnataka government has not distributed money.
While the country said it was committed to conveying its promises, the sources marked several problems – including the lack of data on banking details to credit the amount of compensation and the absence of a web portal to upload documents – which delayed the process of giving money.
Karnataka has so far reported 37,261 deaths because Covid since the pandemic broke out in March 2020, and 4,228 fatalities had been reported since the announcement of compensation.
Revenue Secretary Tushar Girinath said they had to identify an alternative bank account of people who died, and there were a number of names that might not be given a list of patient list or number P.
already 75 days since the state government announced compensation against Rs 1 lakh to under the family of poverty ( BPL) who lost members to Covid-19, but not one family has received a rupee until now.
The Country Cabinet cleared the proposal on June 14 and the government issued orders on July 8, for that effect.
On the day the government announced the scheme, Karnataka had a total cumulative total of 33,033 deaths, and in 75 days since then, 4228 more people died of viral diseases.
However, it is not clear how many families are eligible to receive compensation.
“The government fails to provide sufficient beds, oxygen, etc., and because it fails to prevent death, the least can be done is to provide compensation announced.
But there has been such delays in the government,” said Clifton Rozario, an advocate.
He showed that while the center announced compensation in March 2020, it immediately pulled it.
“The Supreme Court said the center had to express compensation on August 15, but I think the government has been looking for more time.
The government of Karnataka announced it would provide compensation, but did not do anything afterwards,” Rozario said.
Committed to giving the government states that it is committed to giving its promise, and that modalities are being worked on.
Tushar Girinath, Revenue Secretary, said: “While the government is very serious in this problem, there is a doubtful problem.
First, identifying the next relative.
In the case where Breadwinner dies, we need to identify whether there is an alternative bank account.
Second, there are many may not have a patient list number [P-number].
These names must be verified and added to the list.
“Other officials said the Deputy Department of the Commissioner (DCS), who was responsible for identifying the next, hesitating because they were afraid of listing It’s not comprehensive then they will face problems.
The pension department has been asked to coordinate with DCS and safe details.
“Also, the center will issue a similar scheme, according to the Supreme Court direction.
While the center has not revealed details, the state can ‘adjust the’ funds for the scheme,” an official said.
Many DCs say they are ready with a list of temporary beneficiaries, but there has been a delay in preparing a digital platform to upload data.
Officials said the web portal was in the trial stage and will be launched soon.
“Tahsildar we have a note of people who need to be compensated.
After the names are uploaded, minutes to directly transfer the amount to the beneficiary account,” said Nitesh Patil, Dharwad DC.
Bengaluru recorded 15,983 (weeks) of death, the highest, and officials were in the process of identifying the BPL family.
“Most have been identified, but surveys are still in several bags,” said J Manjunath, DC, Bengaluru Urban.
He said in Rajarajeshwarinagar as many as 750 families have been identified for compensation.