Insurance Scheme – PMGKP for health workers fighting COVID-19 extended: The ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP), insurance scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting COVID-19’ has been extended for a further period of 180 days from 19th April, 2022. It has been decided to extend the policy so as to continue to provide the safety net to the dependents of health workers who are deputed to take care of COVID-19 patients.
- Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP), is an insurance policy that will offer a safety net to dependents of health workers who are deputed to take care of Covid-19 patients.
- ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP): insurance scheme for healthcare workers fighting Covid-19 was launched on March 30, 2020. 1,905 claims of health workers have been settled.