Pradhan Mantri Garib KalyanPackage (2) under 20 Lac Crore stimulus package

Pradhan Mantri Garib KalyanPackage (2)

•Front-loaded Rs2,000 paid to farmers under existing PM-KISAN to benefit 8.7 crore farmers

•Building and Construction Workers Welfare Fund allowedto be used to provide relief to workers

•24% of monthly wages to be credited into their PF accounts for next three months for wage-earners below Rs 15,000 p.m. in businesses having less than 100 workers 

•Five crore workers registered under Employee Provident Fund EPF to get non-refundable advance of 75% of the amount or three months of the wages, whichever is lower, from their accounts

•Limit of collateral free lending to be increased from Rs 10 to Rs 20 lakhs for Women Self Help Groupssupporting 6.85 crore households.

•District Mineral Fund (DMF)to be used for supplementing and augmenting facilities of medical testing, screening etc..