To incentivise villagers to give up vaccine hesitancy,Punjabchief ministerAmarinder Singhon Tuesday announced a special development grant of Rs 10 lakh for every village that achieves 100%vaccinationtarget under the state governments Corona Mukt Pind Abhiyan.
Interacting virtually with village panchayats represented by more than 2,000 heads/members across over 4,000 live locations in the state through LED screens, the chief minister 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-19 treatment, up to a maximum of Rs 50,000.