LIVE UPDATES Coronavirus Lockdown: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman now shares the specifics of the second economic package. Sitharaman says the second tranche of the economic stimulus package supports migrant workers, street vendors and small-scale farmers. For the next 2 months Sitharaman declared free supply of food grains to all migrants. She said that for non-card holders 5 kg of wheat / rice per person and 1 kg of chana per family / month will be given for 2 months. The scheme will benefit 8 crore migrants, and it will be earmarked for almost Rs 3500 crores.
The scheme will benefit 8 crore migrants, and it will be earmarked for almost Rs 3500 crores. The finance minister also spoke about the One Nation One Ration Card that will be implemented, covering 67 crore beneficiaries in 23 country states and covering 83 percent of the population of the public distribution system (PDS) that will be under national portability by August this year.
Indian Railways said on Thursday it had cancelled all train ticket bookings made until June 30 and given full refunds, adding that Special and Shramik trains would be plying as usual.
With 3,722 new cases reported over the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 78,003, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Of the total cases, 49,219 are active and 2,549 are fatalities so far while at least 26,234 people have recovered from the disease. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Ram Nath Kovind agreed on Thursday to take a sala of 30%
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