Around 39 crore people have received financial assistance of ₹34,800 crore amid the COVID-19 lockdown under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) as on May 5, the government said in a statement.
These people received the assistance, which was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 26 to protect them from the impact of the lockdown due to COVID 19, As part of the PMGKP, the government announced free food grains and cash payment to women and poor senior citizens and farmers.
The swift implementation is being continuously monitored by Central and State governments. The progress achieved so far, under various components of PMGKP is as follows: 1) ₹16,394 crore front loaded towards payment of the first instalment of