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FSECR
THE CHIEFS
To ORECEtVED
The Chief Secretary,
2MAY 22i
Govt. of Puducherry.
FuDyCiE
R R Y
Sir.
Sub: Compensation to the deceased Employees infected by Covid-19 during the year
2021 Election Duty -Ex-gratia payment to the Polling Personnel - Requested - Reg.
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Adverting to the reference the Senior Principal Secretary directed to the Chief
Secretary and the Chief Electoral Officers ofallstates/ UTs as follows
The Commission has considered the matter and decided to grant Compensation
of Rs. 30 lakhs to the family of all polling personnel including CAPF/BEL/ECIL Engineers, in
event of death due to Covid-19 during the process of election. Therefore, para 1 (11) of
the instruction dated 10.04.2019 is modified as under.
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Oflate, around Two Thousand Employees assigned Election Duty for Assembly duty
from the month of March 2021 to May 2021, during the period spike in Covid-19. Some of
the Employees were infected by Covid 19 as Polling Personnel and few of them died of
Covid-19 such as Ministerial Assistant, Deputy Talsildar, Joint Director of Statistics etc.
after hospitalization
hLS
(P. LAKSHUMANASWAMI)
GENERAL SECRETARY
NDIA
ELECTION COMMISSION OF IN
Tel 011 230s2246
Fax 011-23052001 Nirvachan Sadan,
Website www.ecicov.in Ashoka Road, NewDelh-110001
2020
Dated: 22nd July,
No.218/6 /2020/EPS
To
1. The Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs
2. The Chief Electoral Officers of all States/UTs
Sir,
letter no. 218/6/2019-EPS
am directed to refer to the Commissions
(SUMITMUKHERJEE)
Sr. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
(SUMIT MUKHERJEE)
Sr. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY