The decision, aimed at incentivizing the villages to give up vaccine hesitancy, was announced by the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh while interacting virtually with village Panchayats represented by more than 2,000 heads or members across over 4,000 live locations in the rural parts of the state through LED screens.
The Chief Minister, appealing to the Sarpanches and Panches across the State to lead their villages in the fight against COVID-19, also urged them to motivate the people to undergo testing even in case of mild symptoms, and to get themselves vaccinated.
Capt Amarinder informed them that his Government had already sanctioned permission for Sarpanches to utilize up to Rs 5,000 per day from Panchayat funds for emergency COVID treatment, up to a maximum of Rs 50,000.