Rajasthan to give ₹50 lakh ex-gratia if ration dealers, scribes die of Covid

The Finance Department issued an order in this regard on Thursday.

The Rajasthan government will now give an ex-gratia amount of ₹50 lakh to the kin of ration dealers and accredited journalists if they die due to Covid-19 in the state.

A senior citizen gets his Covid-19 vaccine shot at a government hospital in a village near Ajmer, Rajasthan. (File photo)

The Finance Department issued an order in this regard on Thursday.

The personnel of police, jail and health departments, and other frontline workers were already covered so far.