Finance Minister announces short term and long-term measures for supporting the poor, including migrants, farmers, tiny businesses and street vendors https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=22819 Short- and medium-term support measures combine in-kind provisioning, portability of PDS entitlements, subsidised credit, rental housing initiatives and employment creation. Free additional food grains and chana will be allocated to migrant labourers without local ration coverage, funded by the central government. The One Nation one Ration Card portability scheme will enable PDS access from any fair price shop nationwide by March 2021. Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) will be launched under PPP and incentivised public/private development. Credit measures include interest subvention for Shishu MUDRA borrowers, a credit facility for street vendors, NABARD refinance for cooperatives, and expanded Kisan Credit Card concessional lending. en-us Fri, 15 May 2020 09:57:31 +0530 Fri, 15 May 2020 09:57:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator Finance Minister announces short term and long-term measures for supporting the poor, including migrants, farmers, tiny businesses and street vendors https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=22819 Short- and medium-term support measures combine in-kind provisioning, portability of PDS entitlements, subsidised credit, rental housing initiatives and employment creation. Free additional food grains and chana will be allocated to migrant labourers without local ration coverage, funded by the central government. The One Nation one Ration Card portability scheme will enable PDS access from any fair price shop nationwide by March 2021. Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) will be launched under PPP and incentivised public/private development. Credit measures include interest subvention for Shishu MUDRA borrowers, a credit facility for street vendors, NABARD refinance for cooperatives, and expanded Kisan Credit Card concessional lending. News - Fri, 15 May 2020 09:57:31 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=22819