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COVID-19: Bihar announces Rs 100 cr relief package; to convert schools int
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar)[India], Mar 26 (ANI): In a bid to help the poor and daily wage labourers who are facing the brunt of the lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Bihar government on Thursday announced a relief package of Rs 100 crore and has decided to convert schools into shelter hom
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Govt hikes MGNREGA wages to help poor tide over lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a wage increase under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) amid the lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis in the country.
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B-town stars support 'I Stand With Humanity' initiative
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Bollywood filmmakers and actors including Karan Johar, Rajkumar Hirani, Taapsee Pannu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Lara Dutta, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Kiara Advani, Rakul Preet Singh and Bhumi Pednekar have pledged their support to a new initiative aimed at suppo
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Hunger, not coronavirus, driving daily wage earners from Delhi to their na
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Despite repeated assurances by the Centre and state government of no shortage of food and essential services in Delhi, many daily wage earners have started fleeing the national capital on foot to return to their native villages in nearby Uttar Pradesh and oth
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Distribute free ration, give tax rebate to small businessmen to combat COV
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the nation is fighting a war against coronavirus and two pronged strategy is needed to combat the disease as well as to aid the daily wage workers.
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Coronavirus : Pak announces Rs 1.25 trillion package
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 25 (ANI): In the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan government on Wednesday announced Rs 1.25 trillion package to keep the economy afloat. The package will grant relief to SMEs and daily wage workers.
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Govt likely to announce economic package this week for tackling COVID-19 d
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The government is likely to unveil an economic stimulus package as the country battles to curb the spread of coronavirus, a source from Finance Ministry told ANI on Wednesday.
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Despite lockdown, Sonalika Tractors assures full wages to all staff
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): India's youngest and fastest growing tractor brand has rolled out several measures towards the well-being of its employees, associates and society at large, in the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 threat.
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There is need for economic package for daily wagers, says Congress' Naseer
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain on Tuesday welcomed the extension in deadline of filing IT return for FY 2018-19 announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and said that there is a need for an economic package for those who earn their living on a daily
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Make full payment to workers, employees during lockdown period: Andhra Gov
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Government on Tuesday said that all governement and private establishments will make "full payment" of wages and salaries to workers and employees including those working on contract and outsourcing basis during the lockdown pe
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Mayawati seeks financial help for poor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday urged the Centre and the State governments to provide adequate financial help to the poor and daily-wagers in view of lockdown in Uttar Pradesh and the country due to threat of coronavirus spread, saying that the vulnerable sec
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As coronavirus cases surge in Pak, imposing lockdown will cause 'untold mi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 23 (ANI): As several countries across the world including China, India and South Korea have gone under lockdowns to stall the spread of the coronavirus, imposing lockdown in Pakistan amid the crisis would cause "untold misery" to the multitudes that survive on da
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