Chandigarh, May 26: Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has directed the officials concerned to ensure that every BPL family residing in the State gets the benefits of welfare schemes which are specially announced by the state government during the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic at the earliest.

The Chief Minister gave these directions while presiding over a review meeting of the schemes which have been specially formulated for the BPL families to help them during this Pandemic held here today.

The Chief Minister said that it should be ensured that benefits of these schemes should reach to every beneficiary at the earliest.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister took detailed information about the COVID patients from the officers concerned.

The Chief Minister was apprised that an ex gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh is being provided to the families of those who had lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the period from March 1, 2021. Besides this, a lump sum financial assistance of Rs. 5000 is also being given to BPL patients who are under home isolation.

The Chief Minister also took detailed information about the number of patients who have been benefited under these schemes. He directed the officers concerned that the beneficiary should be given the said benefits at the earliest.

The Chief Minister also inquired about the incentive which is being given to private hospitals for COVID-19 BPL patients who are undergoing treatment in these hospitals. He said that this incentive amount should be released only after the verification of the data uploaded by the private hospitals on the HrHeal portal.

On this occasion, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D.S Dhesi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agarwal, Principal Media Advisor to Chief Minister, Sh. Vinod Mehta and other senior officers of Social Welfare, Education and many other departments were also present.