Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman says Rs 3,500 crore to be set aside for distributing foodgrain through state government for migrant workers without ration cards.
This will mandate 5 kilogram rice / wheat and 1 kg gram per family per month for two months.
Moots national portability for ration cards by March next year.
Clarifgication suggests portability will be through Aadhaar.
Nearly Rs 2 lakh cr concessional credit through Kisan Credit Cards; apart from farming, fishing and animal husbandry to be included.
Immediate release of Rs 30,000 cr top up for Nabard to help in Rabi procurement and Kharif preparations.
Compensatory Afforestation Funds to be used to generate employment for tribal communities through forestry-related work.
Promises affordable rental housing scheme.
Rs 1,500 cr set aside for 2 per cent interest subvention in Mudra Sishu (up to Rs 50,000) loans.
Rs 5,000 cr worth credit for street vendors within a month.
Interest subvention on farm credit extended through May 31, 2020.
Credit-linked subsidy for affordable housing extended up to March 2021.
Uttar Pradesh has requested and accepted 386 Shramik trains to bring back migrants.
Bihar has requested and accepted 204 such trains.
Other states include Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.
India’s novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) death toll was at 2,549, according to the Union health ministry.
There were 49,219 active COVID-19 cases in the country.
Until now, 26,234 patients have been cured / discharged.
India’s total COVID-19 tally was at 78,003.
The global tally was at 4,452,806, according to aggregator Worldometers.info.
Worldover, 298,737 people have died.
Active cases were at 2,478,141.
The proportion of patients serious / critical remained at 2 per cent.
