Published on : 13 Dec 2025, 11:29 am 3 min read

The Supreme Court has held that a kin of a deceased health worker is not required to submit proof of 'specific requisition' of service of the concerned health worker during COVID-19 in order to avail insurance by Union government under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19 (PMGKY-Package).

The PMGKY-Package scheme had assured the next of kin of eligible healthcare workers an insurance cover of ₹50 lakh.

Considering the situation that prevailed after March 2020 (when COVID broke out), there cannot be any doubt about the compelling situation in which the governments requisitioned services of doctors and other health professionals to contain the virus, a bench of Justices

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