The relief package is a good start, but more might need to be done quicker than later
The 1,70,000- crore relief bundle announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 26– Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)– is an excellent primary step towards alleviating the distress caused to vulnerable areas of the population by the 21- day lockdown enforced to combat the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) What is notable about the bundle is not the amount however the ingenious methods which the government is seeking to offer relief. It covers various sections of the susceptible, varying from farmers and women Jan Dhan account holders, to organised sector workers, to the most essential of all– healthcare workers, who will now get a significant insurance cover of50 lakh. The doubling of foodgrain allotment used totally free is a good idea that benefits the starving poor over rodents and insects devouring the stocks in Food Corporation of India godow