UP provides cash support of Rs 1,000 each to more than 3.3 mn poor people

The Uttar Pradesh government has provided cash handouts of Rs 1,000 each to more than 3.3 million poor people, who had lost their livelihood following the imposition of the Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020.

According to official figures, more than 3.32 million beneficiaries have so far received the cash support directly in their bank accounts. This includes 1.79 million construction labourers, 881,000 urban labourers and 659,000 destitute in the rural areas of the state.

The scheme has cost the exchequer more than Rs 332 crore and the state government has also decided to provide Rs 1,000 each to the migrant labourers returning