India to Pay Compensation for Every COVID-19 Death

One of the countries where COVID-19 took the most lives was India, due to its dense population and insufficient health equipment. Although the loss of life has decreased in the country where vaccination has largely ended, it continues. The government, on the other hand, announced its new plan to help the families affected by these deaths to some extent.

In India, where hundreds of thousands of deaths have occurred due to the virus since the beginning of the epidemic, the government decided to pay compensation to the relatives of the deceased. According to the decision, every person who died due to COVID-19 to the closest relative payment will be made.

Payments to be made within 1 month

The number of deaths from COVID-19 in India was many times higher than in other countries. The high population did not only increase the number of deaths proportionally, but also the crowdedness of the cities increased the infection rate to higher levels compared to other countries. The heaviest days of the epidemic seem to be behind us, as most of the population has been vaccinated and death rates are not what they were in early summer. However, of course, the country has not yet completely recovered from the epidemic.

When the deaths were at this level, many families were most severely affected by the epidemic. Thereupon, a group of lawyers argued that compensation should be paid for COVID-19 deaths, citing the Indian disaster law. The decision of the Supreme Court of India was in line with the request of the lawyers. According to the decision, the government will give the closest relatives of everyone who dies from COVID-19. He will pay $674 in compensation.

According to the statement of Supreme Court Judge Mukesh Shah, these payments will be made within 1 month. However, it is a question of how many people will be paid; because, according to official data, the country’s number of deaths from COVID-19 447 thousand although many experts believe that the actual number at least 10 times the official number argues that.