Centre Releases Rs. 890.32 Crore as Second Installment of COVID-19 Financial Package to States

New Delhi: The Centre has released Rs. 890.32 crore as the second installment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package to 22 States/UTs, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

The States/UTs include Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.

The amount of the financial assistance is based on the COVID-19 case load in these States/UTs.

The first installment of Rs. 3000 crore was released in April 2020 to all States/UTs to aid and enable them to ramp up testing facilities, augment hospital infrastructure, conduct surveillance activities along with procurement of essential equipment, drugs and other supplies.