The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive disturbance and upheaval in the lives of every individual, corporation and business around the world. Given the 21-Day-,Lockdown in India, everything has been put on hold with everyone confined to their homes, without many tools to continue their business or work. While this is integral for people to keep safe and healthy, it causes severe problems to businesses that are dependent of the physical presence of their workforce (manufacturing, factories, restaurants, construction, etc.), small businesses depending on their month-to-month income, health workers on the front-line who high risk for contracting the illness as well as individuals who, far from paying their insurance premiums and loan instalments, are finding it difficult to make ends meet. In an effort to provide some form of relaxation and aid to their citizens, the Government of India has let out certain schemes and extensions, as given below: Schemes by Government of India during Coronavirus. 1. Health Worker's Insurance Cover: The government proposes to provide insurance cover of INR 50 lakh per person to front line health workers - sanitation staff, paramedics and nurses, ASHA workers and doctors- who are working to tackle the COVID-19 illness and face the highest risk of contracting the illness.The insurance cover provided to the health workers will be for three months with effect from March 25, 2020. Apart from doctors and nurses the scheme will cover Safaikaramcharis, ward-boys, nurses, ASHA workers, paramedics, technicians, doctors and specialists and other health workers. 2. Apply For New UP Ration Card Online 2020 : The government has undertaken the free distribution of 5kgs of food grains per person and 1kg of pulses per household for the next three months to over 80 crore ration card holders in order to combat the shortage of food and hunger that may strike the poor in India during the COVID-19 lock down.This will be in addition to what the ration card holders receive under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) at a highly subsidized price of INR 2/kg for wheat and INR 3/kg for rice. Moreover, free distribution of food grain-sand pulses will be provided under the INR 1.7 lakh crore Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY). Even for those people who have not UP Ration Card they can also apply online for ration card and download it from from mobile.
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