PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN YOJONA (PMGKY)
INTRODUCTION: 1.PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN YOJANA IS ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES WHICH PROVIDES BENIFITS TO POOR AND NEEDY. 2.IT WAS LAUNCHED IN THE YEAR 2016 BY PM NARENDRA MODI ALONG WITH THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE TAXATION LOWS(SECOND AMANDMENT) ACT ,2016. BODY:THE SCHEME WAS INITIALLY VALID FROM DECEMBER 2016 TO MARCH 2017.IT WAS LATER EXTENDED TILL THE MONTH OF JUNE 2020 LATER IT WAS AGAIN EXTENDED TILL NOVEMBER 2020. HOW EVER ,THE SCHEME HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT AGAIN FOR TWO MONTHS(MAY AND JUNE 2021) AS THE COUNTRYS HEALTHCARE INFRACTRUCTER HAS REACHED ITS CAPACITY AND SEVERAL STATES HAVE IST TAKEN STEPS LIKE COMPLETE LOCKDOWN,NIGHT CURFEW TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. 3.UNDER THIS PM GARIB KALYAN SCHEME,ANY HEALTH WOKER IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE CENTRES WHO ARE TREATING THE COVID-19 PATIENTS WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH AN INSURANCE COVER OF RS.50 LAKH IF MET WITH SOME ACCIDENT. 4.UNDER THE PMGKY AROUND 80 CRORE PEOPLE BENEFITTED.ADDITIONALY,EVERYONE WIL...