The Delhi government on Thursday provided financial assistance of Rs 1 crore each to the families of two frontline workers who contracted COVID-19 on duty and died fighting it.

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Twenty months after Delhi Government promised to compensate families of deceased government health employees, the nursing staff is compelled to protest the non-payment of this financial aid.   Earlier this week, the nursing staff across Delhi Government hospitals protested against the pending compensation from the Delhi Government. The staff at GTB hospital, Lok Nayak Jayaprakash […]

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Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was questioned by BJP about providing jobs to kin of government employees who died on duty during Covid. He blamed Union Home Minister of taking away the government’s power to grant such compensations. BJP MLA Vijender Gupta asked why Delhi government was not providing jobs to dependents of government […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 50,000 per hectare to farmers whose crops have been damaged due to unseasonal rains. Speaking at a press briefing, he noted that revenue officials are conducting a survey of the damaged crops and it will be completed within two weeks. The compensation at […]

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