[LIVE] Govt will provide free food grain supply to migrants for the next 2 months: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had detailed the entire blueprint of self-reliant India last day. Sitharaman said that the announcements of the second phase relate to poor migrant workers, street vendors, small farmers etc. It consists of three migrant workers, two small farmers. The Finance Minister said that the government has given the benefit of loans to three crore farmers at affordable rates. New credit cards have been given to farmers.

Free food grains supply to all migrants for the next 2 months. For non-card holders, they shall be given 5kg wheat/rice per person & 1 kg chana per family/month for 2 months. 8 crore migrants will benefit- Rs 3500 crores to be spent on this: FM

12,000 self-help groups (SHGs) have produced more than 3 crore masks and 1.2 lakh litres of sanitizers during COVID19 period. 7,200 new SHGs for urban poor have been formed during the last two months: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

We have already generated 14.62 crore person-days of work till 13th May, which is 40-50% more persons enrolled as compared to last May. Migrant workers going back to their states being actively enrolled: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Govt has permitted state govts to utilise SDRF for setting up shelter for migrants&providing them food&water etc...We are conscious, we are attending to the migrants and giving them in various different ways: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Anurag Thakur said that in the last six years, the government has done a lot of work for the poor, laborers and farmers. During the Corona period, money is sent directly to the account of the poor. If the announcement for MSME was made yesterday, it would benefit 12 crore people who are connected to it. Three crore farmers have taken loans of four lakh 22 thousand crores. 25 lakh new Kisan Credit Card approved.

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