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Assam CM launches scheme to provide Rs 2.5 lakh assistance to Covid-19 widows
Assam CM launches scheme to provide Rs 2.5 lakh assistance to Covid-19 widows
Assam CM Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma rolled out a scheme which aims to provide social and financial security to women who lost their husbands due to Covid-19.
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UPDATED: July 12, 2021 06:15 IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sharma on Sunday handed over cheques to 176 beneficiaries. (Photo: India Today)
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma on Sunday launched the Chief Minister’s Covid-19 Widows Support Scheme to provide Rs 2.5 lakh to each widow who lost their husband due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Assam CM Launches Scheme To Provide Financial Assistance Of Rs 2.5 Lakh To Covid-Hit Widows
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (Twitter)
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday launched a scheme to provide one-time financial assistance of Rs 2.5 lakh each to women, whose husbands died from Covid-19.
The new scheme is meant for those widows whose family income is less than Rs 5 lakh per year.
At an emotional function at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra here, Sarma, under the new Chief Minister s Covid-19 Widows Support Scheme , handed over cheques to 176 eligible beneficiaries from eight districts.
So far, 873 beneficiaries have been identified under this new scheme and the remaining cheques would be given to the widows by the other ministers during their visits in districts next week, he said.