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TMI Blog41.94 crore accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan YojanaX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 41.94 crore accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. Giving more details, the Minister stated that the Government had announced a ₹ 1.70 lakh crore 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana' relief package on 26.03.2020 to combat the economic impact of COVID-19 on the poor and needy and to help them in the fight against Corona Virus. The salient features of the package were ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... : * Comprehensive personal accident insurance cover of ₹ 50 lakh for health workers fighting COVID-19. * Additional allocation of food grain @ 5 kg per person and pulses @ 1 kg per family per month free of cost to all beneficiaries covered under the targeted public distribution system. * Front loading and payment in April, 2020 itself of the first instalment of ₹ 2,000 due in 202 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 0-21 to about 8.7 crore farmers under the PM KISAN Yojana. * An ex-gratia of ₹ 500 per month for three months to 20.40 crore (approx) women PMJDY account-holders and release of ₹ 1000/- to around 3 crore aged widows and persons in Divyang category. * Free of cost LPG cylinders to 8 crore beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. * Providing 24% of the monthly wages into PF ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... accounts of wage-earners earning below ₹ 15,000 per month, in businesses with less than 100 workers, for three months to prevent disruption in employment. * Increasing (i) MNREGA wages by ₹ 20 w.e.f. 01.04.2020 and (ii) Limit of collateral free lending from ₹ 10 to ₹ 20 lakh for women organized through 63 lakh Self Help Groups who support 6.85 crore households. * Amendm ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ent to Employees' Provident Fund Regulations to include Pandemic as the reason to allow non-refundable advance of 75% of the amount or three months wages, whichever is lower, from their accounts. * Directions issued to State Governments to utilize: a. Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Fund for assistance and support to around 3.5 Crore registered workers & b. District Mineral F ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... und for supplementing and augmenting facilities of medical testing, screening and other requirements to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic as well as treat the patients affected with this pandemic.
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