New Delhi: The Centre has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking four weeks of additional time to frame rules regarding ex-gratia payment to be granted to families of those who died due to covid-19.
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"Applicant respectfully submits that exercise to frame appropriate guidelines for payment of ex-gratia to the victims of covid-19 disaster under section 12(iii)of the DMA is active consideration of the NDMA and is ongoing. It is submitted this exercise though at an active advance stage requires a little more in-depth examination before the same is finalised and implemented. Any accelerated formulation, in the respectful submission of the applicant, may result in undesirable results," read the application.
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On 30th June, the Supreme Court had ordered NDMA to frame appropriate guidelines within six weeks regarding ex-gratia payment for the families of deceased due to covid-19 as mandated under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The amount was left for the national authority to decide by taking various factors into account.
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