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S.No | State | Date of announcement | Beneficiary | Type of benefit | Benefit | Target Population | Duration | Date of benefit renewal | Source |
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121 | Haryana | 23-05-2021 | Covid patients | Price reductions | Price ceiling on HRCT Chest and other Lab investigations such as IL-6, D-Dimer, LDH, CRP, Procalcitonin, Ferritin, etc. |
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122 | Haryana | 23-05-2021 | Covid patients | Service | “Sanjeevani Pariyojana” a supervised home care initiative to be launched to help people quickly access medical care for mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19 without having to leave home and travel to a hospital |
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123 | Haryana | 04-05-2021 | Front line workers | Service | Doctors and paramedical staff to get free of cost lodging and food facilities in all the PWD Rest Houses |
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124 | Haryana | 07-05-2021 | Covid patients | Service | Home isolation kit to be provided for corona patients’ under treatment in Home Isolation |
98000 | Link | ||
125 | Haryana | 07-05-2021 | Covid patients | Service | Refilling of Oxygen Cylinder facility will be provided door-to-door |
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126 | Haryana | 09-05-2021 | Covid patients | Cash transfer-new | Rs 5,000 will be given as medical aid to COVID patients on home isolation, who are below poverty line. |
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127 | Haryana | 15-05-2021 | General public | Healthcare capacity building | 500-bed temporary COVID hospitals each have been set up in Panipat and Hisar. 100 bed Field Hospital and 300 Bed Covid Care Centre have also been constructed in Gurugram |
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128 | Haryana | 16-05-2021 | Others | Health financing | Government to pay premium of Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana to BPL families covered |
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129 | Haryana | 16-05-2021 | Covid patients | Health financing | Benefit extended: Entire treatment cost of BPL patients (not covered under AB-PMJAY) undergoing Covid treatment in private hospitals to be borne by government |
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130 | Haryana | 16-05-2021 | Covid patients | Health financing | Financial assistance of Rs 35,000 to the BPL patients |
3 May- June 14 | |||
131 | Himachal Pradesh | 22-05-2021 | Children | Service | Panchayats to identify destitute children and prepare documents to help them access important services |
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132 | Himachal Pradesh | 20-05-2021 | Front line workers | Cash transfer-new | Rs. 2000 to be given as incentives to sanitation workers for a period of 3 months |
4082 | Link | ||
133 | Himachal Pradesh | 18-05-2021 | Children | Cash transfer-new | Those children who are enrolled in Child Care Institutions and are temporarily restored to their families due to closure of schools amid Covid pandemic would be provided Rs. 2000 per month to enable them to continue their online education |
498 | Link | ||
134 | Himachal Pradesh | 18-05-2021 | Children | Compensation | Government to provide Rs. 2500 per child per month to children orphaned by Covid19 till they attain the age of 18 |
7 year old | Link | ||
135 | Himachal Pradesh | 22-05-2021 | Covid patients | Service | Home isolation kits containing \"chawan prash\", \"kaada\", protective masks, hand sanitisers, medicines, etc. to be provided to patients in home isolation |
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136 | Jammu and Kashmir | 11-05-2021 | BoCW workers | Cash transfer-new | Rs. 1000 for BoCW workers |
2 months | Link | ||
137 | Jammu and Kashmir | 15-05-2021 | Informal workers | Cash transfer-new | Rs 2,000 financial assistance will be provided to 4,444 registered ‘shikara’ owners, 1,370 tourist guides, 6,663 ‘ponywalas’ and 2,150 others, including those who rent palanquins for yatris |
14627 | 2 months | Link |
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