₹50,000 compensation is a cruel joke: Congress
The Hindu
Centre can easily pay ₹5 lakh from the amount collected as taxes on petroleum products”
The Congress said on Thursday that the Centre’s decision to pay ₹50,000 as compensation for COVID-19 death is a “cruel joke”.
Addressing a press conference, spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said that every family that lost a member can “easily” be paid ₹5 lakh from the amount collected by the Centre as taxes on petroleum products.
Ms. Shrinate claimed that last year the Centre collected ₹4.54 lakh crore by way of taxes on petroleum products and it would need to spend only ₹22,000 core from this amount to cover the official figure of 4.5 lakh deaths during the pandemic.
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