Q. With reference to PM Garib Kalyan Yojana, consider the following statements:
1. It provides an insurance cover of Rs 20 lakhs per health worker affected by COVID-19.
2. Aim of this scheme is to help the poor to fight the battle against Corona Virus.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: B
Notes:
Statement 1 is incorrect: Insurance cover of Rs 50 Lakh per health worker fighting COVID-19 to be provided under Insurance Scheme
About PM Garib Kalyan Yojana: PMGKAY is a part of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) to help the poor fight the battle against Covid-19. Its nodal Ministry is the Ministry of Finance.
- Insurance cover of Rs 50 Lakh per health worker fighting COVID-19 to be provided under Insurance Scheme – extended for one year effective April 2021
- 80 crore poor people will to get 5 kg wheat or rice and 1 kg of preferred pulses for free every month for the next three months – extended to November 2021 (initially, the package was extended to May & June 2021; originally, it was extended to November 2020)
- 20 crore women Jan Dhan account holders to get Rs 500 per month for next three months
- Increase in MNREGA wage to Rs 202 a day from Rs 182 to benefit 13.62 crore families
- An ex-gratia of Rs 1,000 to 3 crore poor senior citizen, poor widows and poor disabled
- Government to front-load Rs 2,000 paid to farmers in first week of April 2020 under existing PM Kisan Yojana to benefit 8.7 crore farmers
- Central Government has given orders to State Governments to use Building and Construction Workers Welfare Fund to provide relief to Construction Workers.
Source: PIB
