policies launced by government for poor people during covid 19
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India announced a Rs 1.7-lakh-crore relief package to take care of poor, workers and those who need immediate help amid a lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Scheme, which will cover 80 crore poor people, will include cash transfers and food security, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at a press meet in New Delhi. Each one will get free 5 kilogram of rice or wheat every month for the next three months, she said, adding a kilogram of preferred pulse per household will also be given every month to these families for the next three months.
The scheme also focuses on giving payments to different sections of the society directly into their bank accounts. This will cover farmers, workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, widow pensioners, disabled, women with Jan Dhan accounts, women running self help groups, beneficiaries of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and construction workers.