COVID-19 Relief Measure

COVID-19 Relief Measures
COVID-19

Central Government Announcements
1.   Ration Card Holders
Food Grains
Q. What is the benefit?
Each family will get an extra 5 kg food grains (rice/wheat) Per person per month for
Three months (April to June 2020) this will be free of cost.
This is in addition to regular ration, which they will continue to get.
Q. Who will benefit?
All beneficiaries covered under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) i.e.
Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Priority Households
Pulses
Q. What is the benefit?
1 kg of Dal will be provided to each poor household for the next three months
(April to June 2020). This is free of cost.
Q. Who will benefit?
All cardholders covered under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)
NOTE: Cardholders can take the additional rations from the shops in two installments.
2.   Farmers
PM KISAN
Q. What is the benefit?
First installment of scheme, which amounts to 2000 to be paid during 1st week of April
Q. Who benefits?
Registered account holders under the PM KISAN Yojana.
Short-Term Crop Loans
Q. What is the benefit?
Farmers will get time until May 31 to repay their short-term crop loans.
Farmers will continue to get these loans at subsidized interest rate of 7%, and those
Who repay promptly will get it at 4% until May 31.
Q. Who will benefit?
All farmers who have taken short term crop loans of up to Rs. 3 lakhs from banks which
Need to be repaid between 1st March and 31st May, are eligible.
3.   MGNREGA Workers
Fund release for Pending Wages
Q. What is the benefit?
4431 crore released for pending MGNREGA wages.
If pending wages are not cleared, a written complaint can be filed with the Panchayat
Mukhia/Rojgar Sewak/Block Programme Officer.
Those seeking work can ask the Rojgar Sewak about social distancing norms to follow.
Q. Who will benefit?
Job-card holders under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
4.   Workers
No termination of employment or salary reduction
Q. What is the benefit?
State/Union Territory Governments are to ensure that employers do not fire workers or
Give them less salary because of the lockdown.
Q. Who will benefit?
All workers including contractual and casual working in the public or private sector.
Covers all establishments including Plantations, Factories, Industries, Malls, and Shops.
5.   BPL Households
PM Ujjwala Yojana
Q. What is the benefit?
Three gas cylinders to be provided free of cost between April and June 2020.
Q. Who will benefit?
Households with an LPG connection under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
6.   Health Professionals
Accident Insurance
Q. What is the benefit?
Health professionals who meet with an accident while treating Covid-19 patients will
receive 50 lakh as compensation.
Q. Who will benefit?
This covers safai karamcharis, ASHA workers, ward-boys, nurses, paramedics, technicians,
Doctors and specialists working in Central as well as State government health centers,
Wellness centers and hospitals
7.   Women
Jan Dhan Yojana
Q. What is the benefit?
500 per month will be deposited in bank accounts of women for the next three
Months (April to June 2020).
Q. Who will benefit?
Women with bank accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Credit to Self Help Groups
Q. What is the benefit?
Self Help Groups can borrow loans up to 20 lakhs without any security or asset offered
As collateral, the earlier limit on such loans was 10 Lakh.
Q. Who will benefit?
Women self-help groups under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Yojana
8.   Pensioners, Divyang and Widows
Additional Cash Transfer
Q. What is the benefit?
Each beneficiary shall receive 1000 from the Central Government.
This will be given in two installments over the next three months (April - June 2020).
Q. Who will benefit?
Pensioners, Widows, and Divyang persons receiving assistance from the National Social
Assistance Program (NSAP).
Advance in Social Assistance
Q. What is the benefit?
Three month’s pension in advance, which will be distributed in April.
Q. Who will benefit?
Pensioners, Widows, and divyang persons receiving assistance from the NSAP.
9.   Construction Workers
Financial Aid
Q. What is the benefit?
State Governments are directed to use the Building and other Construction Workers
(BCW) cess funds to aid workers in the construction sector.
Q. Who will benefit?
Construction Workers registered with the BCW.
10.                     Workers in the Organized Sector
EPF Contributions
Q. What is the benefit?
The Government will pay for both the employer and employee contribution to EPF
accounts (total 24%) for the next three months (April-June 2020).
Q. Who will benefit?
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) subscribers from establishments with:
(i) up to 100 employees, and (ii) 90% employees earning less than Rs 15,000 per month.
EPF Advance
Q. What is the benefit?
EPF holders are allowed to take a non-refundable advance, which can be up to:
(a) 75 % of their EPF balance OR (b) three months of wages,
Whichever is lower, from their EPF accounts.
Q. Who will benefit?
EPFO subscribers
11.                     Migrant Workers
Relief Camps
Q. What is the benefit?
More than 21,000 relief camps to be set up by various State Governments and UTs.
Q. Who will benefit?
Migrant workers stranded because of the lockdown
Rent Relief
Q. What is the benefit?
Landlords instructed not to demand rent for one month.
Q. Who will benefit?
Migrant workers living in rented accommodation.
12.                     Urban Homeless
Meals under DAY-NULM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission)
Q. What is the benefit?
All States/UTs to provide three meals a day, free of cost, in the DAY-NULM shelters.
Q. Who will benefit?
All the urban homeless in DAY-NULM shelters.

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