Center Sanctions ₹15,000-cr COVID-19 Emergency Package for States, UTs

New Delhi: The Centre today rolled out an India Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health system preparedness package for states with an outlay of ₹15,000 crore.

While ₹7,774 crore sanctioned so far will be utilized for immediate Covid-19 Emergency Response, rest of the money will be used for medium-term support (1-4 years) under a mission mode approach.

The project will be implemented in three phases between January 2020 to March 2024. Phase -1 will span from January 2020 to June 2021, Phase-2 from July 2020 to March 2021, and Phase-3 from April 2021 to March 2024.