India to launch new rural job programme for migrants
South Asia
18 June, 2020, 05:25 pm
Last modified: 18 June, 2020, 05:30 pm
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government would spend 500 billion rupees for the programme
Migrant workers walk along a road to return to their villages, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease, in New Delhi, India, March 25, 2020. File Photo: Reuters
India will launch a new rural jobs programme on Saturday to alleviate the distress of hundreds and thousand of migrants who have lost their jobs and returned to their villages due to the strict lockdown aimed at containing the spread of the new coronavirus.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government would spend 500 billion rupees for the programme.
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