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New Delhi, May 18 (TIWN) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday that Rs 50,000 ex gratia will be given to each family in the national capital that has had a Covid death.
He also added that children whose both parents died either due to COVID-19 or with one parent already dead and the one succumbing to COVID now will be given Rs 2,500 monthly pension till they attain the age of 25 years. They will be provided free education, he said.
The Delhi chief minister also added that families where the breadwinner died, will be given Rs 2500 monthly pension besides the ex-gratia. “If husband dies, pension will be given to the wife, if wife dies, it will be given to the husband. If an unmarried person dies, the pension will be given to his/her parents,” Kejriwal stated.
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