The Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Ministry announced Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus.
Insurance scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19 in Government Hospitals and Health Care Centres.
Safai karamcharis, ward-boys, nurses, ASHA workers, paramedics, technicians, doctors and specialists and other health workers would be covered by a Special insurance Scheme.
Any health professional, who while treating Covid-19 patients, meet with some accident, then he/she would be compensated with an amount of Rs 50 lakh under the scheme.
Farmers will be receiving the first instalment payment of Rs 2,000 due in April, from their Rs 6,000 annual income support for 2020-21.
The payment of Rs 2,000 to 8.7 crore farmers was done under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi.