NEW DELHI: Migrant workers will get free foodgrain supply for two months, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.
The scheme will benefit 80 million migrants who are not holding any ration or state card. They will get 5 kg of wheat or rice and 1 kg gram (chickpea or chana).
The scheme will cost the centre Rs3,500 crore. The centre will introduce portability in PDS which means any person, irrespective of the state he belongs or the card he is holding of, will be able to secure foodgrain in any other state.
The scheme will benefit 670 million people. Urban poor, migrant labourers -- urban or rural -- will be offered an affordable rental housing scheme.