New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama on Thursday stated the government is planning to provide a relief package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore to the underprivileged, poor and migrant workers affected by the lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak. The scheme has been named Pr
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Rs 1,000 each to be provided to 3.5 lakh workers registered with the Building & Construction Workers Welfare Board in Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary Planning Rohit Kansal on Wednesday said.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday directed Labour and Employment Department to release Rs 1000 to each of 3.50 lakh workers for the purchase of ration during the 21 days lockdown period.
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have decided that the party workers will feed over 5 crore poor people across the country during the 21-day nationwide lockdown in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, sources said on Wednesday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajendra on Wednesday inspected Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to ensure that health workers were not infected from coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): As the country has been put under complete lockdown for 21 days, several migrants who had come to the national capital for job have now been left jobless and with no hope of returning back to their homes any time soon.
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.
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.
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.
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Following the lockdown in the national capital in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, the migrant workers in the city are facing serious problems.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Four new cases of COVId-19, including three from Bhilwara and one from Jodhpur, have been reported from Rajasthan on Wednesday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 36. Two of the affected in Bhilwara are medical support staff
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an advisory to private security agencies asking them to protect their employees from layoff and pay cuts during the lockdown period, which has been imposed in the entire country in wake of coronavirus epidemic.