Palamu district legal services authority is to give away 'dummy cheques' to children of two families who have lost their parents in this coronavirus pandemic, said the secretary Ashok Kumar, the sub judge in the civil court Daltonganj.
The dummy cheque is a kind of confirmation of monetary benefit coming to children orphaned by coronavirus digitally some time later, said Ashok Kumar.
The monetary assistance worth 2,000 rupees per month for three years will be digitally transferred to the bank account of the beneficiary finally, he said.
As it is direct cash to account hence this dummy cheque to rekindle their faith in government's measure reiterated the secretary.
Secretary said one such bereaved family is at Purabdeeha village under Chainpur block where there are four children who have lost their father in this coronavirus.
As per the norms maximum of three children in a covid bereaved family where there is the death of father, mother or both have occurred due to the coronavirus is to be paid 2,000 rupees a month for three years.
Secretary said in this victim family of Purabdeeha only three children out of the four will get this ex gratia relief.
Similarly Ashok Kumar said there is another victim's family at Nawa Khas under Nawa Jaipur police station where there are two orphaned children only who have lost their parents.
Here these two will get 2,000 rupees each per month for three years.
Ashok Kumar said as ex gratia relief is to be paid digitally the district legal services authority here will get the bank accounts of the children open in the nearest branches where the children live in the joint name of the surviving guardian and the beneficiary child.
He said the concerned para legal volunteers will be pressed in to facilitate the beneficiary in getting the bank account open.