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India to launch new rural job programme for migrants

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government would spend 500 billion rupees for the programme.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman shares details of PM Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan for migrants
NEW DELHI: 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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