Relief #package announced by Finance Ministry
⏺️ Health workers (corona warriors) to get medical insurance of Rs 50 lakh
⏺️ Rs 1.7 lakh crore Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Yojna
⏺️ 80 Cr population to get additional 5kg rice or wheat/month +1 kg daal
⏺️ Wage increase in MNREGA
⏺️ 8.69 Cr farmers to get benefit through Direct cash transfers. Rs 2000 will be transferred in1st week of April
⏺️ Women of Jan Dhan account holders to ex-gratia of Rs 500/month for 3 months
⏺️ ex-gratia of Rs 1,000 to 3 crore poor senior citizen, poor widows and poor disabled
⏺️ Ujjwala beneficiaries to get free LPG cylinders in next 3 months to benefit 8.3 Cr BPL families
⏺️ Collateral-free loan doubled to Rs 20 lakh for 63 lakh women self-help groups
⏺️ EPFO to allow 75% non-refundable advance or 3 months of wages whichever is lower
⏺️ Central govt has given orders to state govts to use funds of Rs 31,000 crore to provide relief to building and construction workers
⏺️ Govt has also made provision so that bank branches can open
⏺️ All schemes will come into effect from April 1
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