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The Hindu
The Hindu
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₹1 lakh each given to 396 families hit by pandemic

District in-charge Minister Govind Karjol with government employees who won the Sarvottam Seva Award on Republic Day in Belagavi on Wednesday. (Source: P.K. BADIGER)

The State Government has released a compensation of ₹3.96 crore to 396 below poverty line families whose members died of COVID-19 in Belagavi, district in-charge Minister Govid Karjol said in Belagavi on Wednesday. Each one of these families have received ₹1 lakh.

The other 316 families of victims of the epidemic have been given ₹50,000 each that was given by the Union Government, the Minister said in his Republic Day speech.

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