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Covid-19 relief package touches every weaker section: Shah

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Published : Mar 26, 2020, 8:05 PM IST

Lauding the government's move to release the Rs 170,000 crore Covid-19 relief package for the weaker sections of society, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that it reflected the Narendra Modi government's sensitivity and it would benefit migrant workers and the rural poor and women.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (file image)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah (file image)

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Thursday lauded the first Rs 170,000 crore Covid-19 relief package announced to protect the weaker sections of society, saying it reflected the Narendra Modi government's sensitivity.

Shah's remark came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the relief package declaring the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana would benefit migrant workers and the rural poor and women.

"Today, the decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for every section of the poor, farmers, labourers, elderly, women and Divyangs, affected by the coronavirus epidemic, reflected the sensitivity of the government. I thank the Prime Minister for this," Shah said in a series of tweets.

  • आज प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी द्वारा कोरोना महामारी से प्रभावित होने वाले देश के गरीबों, किसानों, मज़दूरों, बुजुर्गों, महिलाओं, दिव्यंगों जैसे हर वर्ग के लिए किए गए निर्णय मोदी सरकार की संवेदनशीलता का दर्शाते हैं। इसके लिए मैं प्रधानमंत्री जी का धन्यवाद व्यक्त करता हूँ।

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) welcomed the Rs 50 lakh health insurance to all the Covid-19 warriors.

Referring to the decision to supply 5 kg wheat and 5 kg rice per person in addition to 1 kg pulse for the next three months to 80 crore poor under the 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana', Shah said, "With this decision, no poor in the country will go without food."

  • मोदी सरकार ने ‘प्रधानमंत्री गरीब कल्याण अन्न योजना’ से 80 करोड़ गरीबों को मासिक 5 किलो गेहूं, 5 किलो चावल के अतिरिक्त प्रति व्यक्ति 5 किलो गेहूं या चावल के साथ एक किलो दाल भी अगले 3 महीने तक देने का निर्णय किया है। इस निर्णय से देश में कोई भी गरीब बिना भोजन के नहीं रहेगा।

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Shah said that the Modi government had decided to deposit the first instalment of Rs 2,000 to farmers' account in the first week of April to extend relief to poor farmers during the Covid-19 pandemic. "More than 8 crore farmers will be benefited by this," he said.

  • देश के गरीब किसानों को COVID-19 महामारी के समय राहत देते हुए @narendraModi सरकार ने अप्रैल के पहले हफ़्ते में किसानों के खाते में ₹2000 की पहली किश्त देने का निर्णय लिया है। इस निर्णय से हमारे 8 करोड़ से ज़्यादा किसान लाभान्वित होंगे।

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Covid-19 has claimed 15 lives and infected over 600 people across the country.

On the decision to pay Rs 500 to 20 crore women Jan Dhan account holders and free gas to 8.3 crore Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries for three months, Shah said the move displayed how the Modi government had taken the burden of feeding the poor.

  • मोदी सरकार ने 20 करोड़ महिला जनधन खाताधारकों को तीन महीने तक हर महीने ₹500 देने और उज्जवला योजना की 8.3 करोड़ लाभार्थियों को 3 महीने तक मुफ्त गैस देने का निर्णय लिया है।

    इससे देश के गरीबों का अन्न के साथ भोजन बनाने का बोझ भी मोदी सरकार ने उठाकर उन्हें राहत देने का काम किया है।

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

He also praised the step to increase loan from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh to 63 lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under the National Livelihood Mission.

"The government has decided to give an additional Rs 1,000 to the elderly, widows and disabled. This money will go directly to their bank accounts through direct benefit transfer. It will benefit around 3 crore people," he said.

  • मोदी सरकार ने बुजुर्गों, विधवाओं और दिव्यांगों को मिलने वाली राशि में 1000 रुपये अतिरिक्त देने का निर्णय किया है। यह पैसा डायरेक्ट बेनिफिट ट्रांसफर के माध्यम से सीधे उनके खाते में जाएगा। इस पहल से इस वर्ग के लगभग 3 करोड़ लोगों को लाभ मिलेगा। #IndiaFightsCorona

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

The relief package was announced two days after the Prime Minister announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown till April 14 to break the spread chain of Covid-19 that has killed over 20,000 and infected 3.80 lakh across the globe.

(IANS Report)

Also Read: Extra 5 kg grains, 1 kg pulses for free under PDS for 3 months: FM

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Thursday lauded the first Rs 170,000 crore Covid-19 relief package announced to protect the weaker sections of society, saying it reflected the Narendra Modi government's sensitivity.

Shah's remark came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the relief package declaring the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana would benefit migrant workers and the rural poor and women.

"Today, the decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for every section of the poor, farmers, labourers, elderly, women and Divyangs, affected by the coronavirus epidemic, reflected the sensitivity of the government. I thank the Prime Minister for this," Shah said in a series of tweets.

  • आज प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी द्वारा कोरोना महामारी से प्रभावित होने वाले देश के गरीबों, किसानों, मज़दूरों, बुजुर्गों, महिलाओं, दिव्यंगों जैसे हर वर्ग के लिए किए गए निर्णय मोदी सरकार की संवेदनशीलता का दर्शाते हैं। इसके लिए मैं प्रधानमंत्री जी का धन्यवाद व्यक्त करता हूँ।

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) welcomed the Rs 50 lakh health insurance to all the Covid-19 warriors.

Referring to the decision to supply 5 kg wheat and 5 kg rice per person in addition to 1 kg pulse for the next three months to 80 crore poor under the 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana', Shah said, "With this decision, no poor in the country will go without food."

  • मोदी सरकार ने ‘प्रधानमंत्री गरीब कल्याण अन्न योजना’ से 80 करोड़ गरीबों को मासिक 5 किलो गेहूं, 5 किलो चावल के अतिरिक्त प्रति व्यक्ति 5 किलो गेहूं या चावल के साथ एक किलो दाल भी अगले 3 महीने तक देने का निर्णय किया है। इस निर्णय से देश में कोई भी गरीब बिना भोजन के नहीं रहेगा।

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Shah said that the Modi government had decided to deposit the first instalment of Rs 2,000 to farmers' account in the first week of April to extend relief to poor farmers during the Covid-19 pandemic. "More than 8 crore farmers will be benefited by this," he said.

  • देश के गरीब किसानों को COVID-19 महामारी के समय राहत देते हुए @narendraModi सरकार ने अप्रैल के पहले हफ़्ते में किसानों के खाते में ₹2000 की पहली किश्त देने का निर्णय लिया है। इस निर्णय से हमारे 8 करोड़ से ज़्यादा किसान लाभान्वित होंगे।

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Covid-19 has claimed 15 lives and infected over 600 people across the country.

On the decision to pay Rs 500 to 20 crore women Jan Dhan account holders and free gas to 8.3 crore Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries for three months, Shah said the move displayed how the Modi government had taken the burden of feeding the poor.

  • मोदी सरकार ने 20 करोड़ महिला जनधन खाताधारकों को तीन महीने तक हर महीने ₹500 देने और उज्जवला योजना की 8.3 करोड़ लाभार्थियों को 3 महीने तक मुफ्त गैस देने का निर्णय लिया है।

    इससे देश के गरीबों का अन्न के साथ भोजन बनाने का बोझ भी मोदी सरकार ने उठाकर उन्हें राहत देने का काम किया है।

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

He also praised the step to increase loan from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh to 63 lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under the National Livelihood Mission.

"The government has decided to give an additional Rs 1,000 to the elderly, widows and disabled. This money will go directly to their bank accounts through direct benefit transfer. It will benefit around 3 crore people," he said.

  • मोदी सरकार ने बुजुर्गों, विधवाओं और दिव्यांगों को मिलने वाली राशि में 1000 रुपये अतिरिक्त देने का निर्णय किया है। यह पैसा डायरेक्ट बेनिफिट ट्रांसफर के माध्यम से सीधे उनके खाते में जाएगा। इस पहल से इस वर्ग के लगभग 3 करोड़ लोगों को लाभ मिलेगा। #IndiaFightsCorona

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

The relief package was announced two days after the Prime Minister announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown till April 14 to break the spread chain of Covid-19 that has killed over 20,000 and infected 3.80 lakh across the globe.

(IANS Report)

Also Read: Extra 5 kg grains, 1 kg pulses for free under PDS for 3 months: FM

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