More than 30 crore beneficiaries have been directly given support through Direct Benefit Transfer amounting to Rs28,256 crore by both the centre and states under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana financial relief package announce on 26 March, the finance ministry said on Saturday.
Under the Jan Dhan Yojana, Rs500 has been deposited in the accounts of 19.86 crore women account holders, amounting to Rs9,930 crore while under the National Social Assistance Programme for aged widows, divyang and senior citizens, 2.82 crore beneficiaries have been paid Rs500 each as the first installment.
The second installment will be paid in May. About 6.93 crore farmers have also received Rs2,000 each as advance payment under PM-Kisan amounting to