Relief Package / LIVE: One Nation One Ration Card approved, beneficiaries can get food grains from any corner of the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday night in his national address announced a lockdown-4.0 and a Rs 20 lakh crore relief package for the country. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday spoke about what is included in the relief package for the working class to provide relief to MSMEs and salaried employees. Addressing a press conference here today, Fariwar said that today's package includes workers, farmers and hawkers.
Further, Sitharaman said that the government had announced the increase in average wage rate from Rs 182 to Rs 202 under MNREGA. "We have already generated 14.62 crore man-days of work till 13th May," she said adding that this is 40-50 per cent more than May last year.
"Work has been offered to 2.33 crore wage seekers in 1.87 lakh gram panchayats. States/UTs have been advised to provide these workers work as per provisions. The total expenditure so far has been nearly Rs 10,000 crore," FM Sitharaman said.
Major announcements for migrant workers:
Announcing sops for migrant workers who have been hit hard in this Covid-19 pandemic, Sitharaman said that government has vowed to deliver free food grains to all migrant workers for the next two months. "Free food grains supply to all migrants for the next 2 months. For non-card holders, they shall be given 5 kg wheat/rice per person and 1 kg chana per family/ month for 2 months. 8 crore migrants will benefit- Rs 3,500 crores to be spent on this," FM announced.
"One Nation One Ration Card will be implemented- 67 crore beneficiaries in 23 states covering 83 per cent of PDS population will be covered by national portability by August 2020," FM Sitharaman said.
