Rs 3,500 crore for free foodgrain supply to 8 crore migrant workers for next two months: FM
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman in her speech on the details of the second tranche of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore, announced that government, apart from previous announcements, will give 5 kgs/person of wheat or rice and 1 kg/family of channa for non-PDS card holders for 2 months. At least 8 crore migrants will benefit from this free food grain supply. This intervention will cost the exchequer Rs 3,500 crore,
