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Coronavirus lockdown: Govt unveils Rs 1.7-trillion package for the poor

Sitharaman also promised a one-time payment to women Jan Dhan accountholders and economically backward widows, pensioners, and differently abled

Nirmala Sitharaman
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promised a one-time payment to women Jan Dhan accountholders and economically backward widows and pensioner | Photo: Dalip Kumar

Arup Roychoudhury New Delhi
A couple of days after the three-week nationwide lockdown came into force, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs 1.7-trillion food-security and income-transfer package for the urban and rural poor.
 
The package includes free foodgrain for 800 million people for three months, insurance cover for essential-service providers, front loading PM Kisan instalments, and increase in wages under the employment guarantee programme.
 
Sitharaman also promised a one-time payment to women Jan Dhan accountholders and widows belonging to economically backward sections, pensioners, and differently abled; extra free cylinders for Ujjwala beneficiaries; a hike in collateral-free loans for self-help groups; operationalising a

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