Rs 50,000 Covid death Ex-Gratia declared by Odisha govt, Know how to apply
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has authorized the Collector of the District and Chairman of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to give ex-gratia assistance of Rs.50,000/- out of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to the eligible Next of Kin (NoK) of the persons died due to COVID-19.
In order to make the payment of such ex-gratia assistance to the NoK of the deceased, an application ‘CAPS’ has been developed by IT Department.
The Collector will approve, sanction and give the ex-gratia in this software CAPS following which the payment of such assistance will be made directly to NOK from Collector through DBT. Thereafter, the Collector will follow the procedure in the App- CAPS like DAMPS (Disaster Assistance Monitoring & Payment System) as in case of other approved disaster under SDRF.
The people will apply from November 3, 2021 either in offline ( physically/ through post) or online mode for their claim through a prescribed Application Format in Odia/ English to Collector with Covid- 19 Death Certificate and other requisite documents mentioned in the Application Format.
In order to facilitate the payment of ex-gratia, follow the procedures:
- A proper register shall be maintained in this context.
- One application shall be used by applicant for one death case.
- The Application shall be accepted from the public with all required documents which will be uploaded in the CAPS software ( https://caos.odisha.gov.in) in the office of Collector.
- After uploading all documents in the CAPS relating to COVID- 19 death of the person, the same will be forwarded to concerned Tahasildar for verification and identification of NOK of the deceased & bank account details of NOK.
- Concerned Tahasildar will verify physically & identify the NoK of the deceased and collect Bank A/C details (First page of Bank Pass Book) through concerned RI.
- Tahasildar will upload the name of NOK & his/ her bank account details along with scan copy of RI report in the CAPS.
- After uploading Tahasildar will forward the same with his remarks to Sub-Collector for verification.
- Sub-Collector will forward this with his remarks to ADM
- Finally Collector will approve & sanction of the payment of ex-gratia assistance in favour of NoK in this CAPS. (IFMS)
- A Nodal officer may be earmarked at Collector’s Office to deal with this matter. The name of the Nodal officer along with his/ her mobile no. may be intimated to this office.
- Ex-gratia assistance of Rs.50,000/- shall be disbursed within a period of 30 days from the date of submitting application to Collector along with the proof of death of the deceased due to Covid-19 and the cause of death being certified as ” Died due to Covid-19″
- Govt. officials at different level may be directed to provide all assistance and co-operation to the people coming to apply for such ex-gratia assistance.
Ms Kalinga