Business Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Deepak Chaturvedi
Updated Sat, 19 Feb 2022 03:14 PM IST
Summary
Reports Related To Covid Deaths Speculative: The Central Government on Saturday recently dismissed the report related to LIC’s IPO as fictional, which claimed that the deaths related to COVID-19 in 2021 will be officially But the deaths could be much higher than those recorded. The government said that the claims settled by LIC pertain to all-cause deaths, not just corona.
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very transparent system of government
Significantly, the country faced a devastating second wave of the pandemic during April and May 2021. The Union Health Ministry said that India has a highly transparent and efficient system of reporting COVID-19 deaths, from the gram panchayat level to the district and state levels. The process of reporting infection deaths is monitored and done in a completely transparent manner.
interpreted biased
On behalf of the government, media reports related to the country’s biggest IPO to be launched by Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in the coming March mentioned the details of policies and claims settled by the insurer. It has a biased interpretation that the death rate related to COVID may be higher than what has been officially recorded. It was clarified on behalf of the government that these reports are fictitious and baseless.
In the statement, the report was said to be flawed
The statement issued by the government said that the claims settled by LIC pertain to life insurance policies taken by policy holders for all-cause deaths, not just corona, while the relevant report concluded That the deaths from COVID-19 were underestimated. According to the statement, such erroneous interpretation is not based on facts and exposes the bias of the author.
The government gave this advice
The statement said that arriving at any such conclusion with respect to the reporting of deaths from COVID-19 in India is tantamount to speculation and conjecture. It should be noted that the government has adopted a globally recognized classification for the sole purpose of reporting deaths in a transparent manner. The statement highlighted that issues as sensitive as death during a global crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic should be dealt with with utmost sensitivity and authenticity.