Going by the compensation figures, revealed by Uttar Pradesh, over 2,000 State Government employees, half of them teachers, died after catching Covid while on duty during the panchayat polls.
The elections were held in April-May.
The Uttar Pradesh Government will give Rs 30 lakh as compensation to the family of the each of its 2,020 employees, who died during the poll duty, according to a senior official.
Earlier, the State Government had claimed that only 74 Government employees, including three teachers, had died during the poll duty.