Bhubaneswar: The Rs 50 lakh financial assistance scheme for the family of COVID martyrs will continue, the Odisha government announced on Thursday.
A Health and Family Welfare Department notification issued on Thursday said: “In view of the second wave of deadly coronavirus, Â the State Government has decided to continue with the financial assistance of Rs 50 lakh to the spouse or next of kin who succumbs in the line of duty.
The H&FW Dept said that the scheme will be applicable to those coronavirus warriors who are not covered under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package.