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NEW DELHI: Leader of Congress and former finance minister of Union P Chidambaram On Thursday, he said that the one billion rupees allocated by the PM-CARES Fund to help migrant workers affected by the blockade across the country will not reach them.
“PM-CARES has allocated Rs 1 billion to migrant workers. Please do not make the common mistake. The money will not be given to migrant workers but to state governments to cover the costs of travel, accommodation, medicine and food. for migrant workers. But nothing will go into the hands of migrant workers, “Chidambaram tweeted.
“PM-CARES has allocated Rs 1 billion to migrant workers. Please do not make the common mistake. The money will not be given to migrant workers but to state governments to cover the costs of travel, accommodation, medicine and food. for migrant workers. But nothing will go into the hands of migrant workers, “Chidambaram tweeted.
He also raised questions about how a migrant will survive if he has no source of income.
“Let’s take a migrant worker who has crossed all obstacles and returned to his village. There is no work in the village. He has no job or income. How is he going to survive and support his family?” I ask.
The PM-CARES Trust Fund (Assistance and Citizen Relief of the Prime Minister in Emergency Situations) allocated Rs 3.1 billion rupees on Wednesday for the fight against COVID-19 of which Rs 2 billion rupees will be used for the purchase of fans, Rs 1 billion rupees to help migrant workers and Rs 100 crore for the development of the coronavirus vaccine.
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