Rs.2,000 crore allocated by PM CARES Fund for supply of 50,000 ventilators to govt run Covid hospitals

The PM-CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs. 2,000 crore for supply of 50,000 ‘Made-in-India’ ventilators to government run COVID hospitals in all States and Union Territories.

In addition, Rs. 1,000 crore have been allocated for the welfare of migrant labourers.

Out of the 50,000 ventilators, 30,000 ventilators are being manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited.

2,923 ventilators have been manufactured so far and out of which, 1,340 ventilators have already been delivered to the States and Union Territories.

These ventilators have been supplied to Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Bihar, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

By the end of this month, additional 14,000  ventilators will



be delivered to all the States and Union Territories.

In addition, Rs. 1,000 crore have already been released to States and Union Territories for welfare of the migrant labourers.

This assistance will be used for arranging accommodation, food, medical treatment and transportation of the migrants.

Larger portion of the fund was allocated to Maharashtra followed by Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Rs. 181 crore  were released to Maharashtra, Rs. 103 crore  to Uttar Pradesh and Rs. 83 crores to Tamil Nadu.

Grants were also realised to Gujarat, Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka.