New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday (May 19) introduced a relief bundle of round Rs 1,250 crore for these whose lives have been affected by the lockdown imposed with a view to curb the unfold of COVID-19.
Apart from the relief bundle, Yediyurappa declared that lecturers, linemen, cylinder distributors will probably be included within the class of frontline workers in order that they are often vaccinated on precedence.
Here is an in depth record of the relief bundle:
1. Rs 10,000 relief will probably be given to growers for per hectare loss. It will profit about 20,000 farmers and should value Rs 12.73 crore.
2. Rs 10,000 per hectare monetary relief will probably be given to fruit and vegetable growers, limiting it to at least one hectare. This will profit about 69,000 farmers and should value Rs 69 crore, stated Karnataka CM.
3. Rs 3,000 every relief will probably be given to auto, taxi and maxi cab drivers who’ve licence and have registration. This will profit about 2.10 lakh beneficiaries and may value round Rs 63 crore.
4. Rs 3,000 every for labourers who’ve registered with Karnataka Building And Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. It will value the state round Rs 494 crore.
5. Rs 2,000 every will probably be given to these beneath unorganised sector like barbers, washermen, tailor, porters, ragpickers, potters, goldsmiths, mechanics, blacksmith, family workers, cobblers, among others, benefiting 3.04 lakh individuals, and can value about Rs 60.89 crore.
6. Roadside distributors, these registered beneath Aatma Nirbhar bundle to be given Rs 2,000 every, he stated, including that it’ll profit about 2.20 lakh individuals and value Rs 44 crore.
7. Artists and artwork groups will probably be given Rs 3,000 every, benefiting 16,095 beneficiaries and can value Rs 4.82 crore.
8. Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 5 kg rice will probably be offered.
Announcing the relief bundle, Karnataka CM Yediyurappa advised reporters, “Our government had given financial packages to various sectors during the COVID first wave.”
“Despite that, as the current restrictions have affected the livelihood of those with unorganised sector and farmers, to mitigate its impact we are announcing a relief programme of more than Rs 1,250 crore,” PTI quoted him as saying.
Karnataka imposed an entire lockdown until May 24, because the COVID-19 instances continued to spike. The CM stated a call will probably be taken on extending the present lockdown quickly.
(With PTI inputs)
