Welfare relief measures announced by states to deal with COVID 19

Source: DATE OF ISSUED INCOME SUPPORT

STATE affadavit, ORDER/ANNOUNCEM FOOD (including PDS) MDM+ICDS PENSIONS HEALTH OTHER RELIEF COMMENTS
BY/ANNOUNCED BY (including NREGA)
media, court ENT
orders All Govt and Private
Governor of AP, through 1330 Crores (given to all establishments to pay
Andhra a Gazette Notification Free rice and 1Kg dal for ration card holding full salaries for the
Order 23/3/20
Pradesh and Health Medical and April on FOC basis families through a one period of lockdown to
Family Welfare time support of Rs 1000) both permanent and
contractual workers
Arunachal
Food and Civil Supplies
Pradesh
https://www.indiatoday.
in/india/story/coronavirus
state govt will provide -india-assam-govt-
Assam Media reports
mdm to 40 lakh students provide-mid-day-meals-
in Guwahati at home lakh-students-home-
during the lockdown 1659778-2020-03-26
Advisory to all dealers
that they should not 1)
Bihar Order 21/03/2020 Food and Civil Supplies
overcharge beneficiaries
2) hoard essential goods
https://economictimes.
indiatimes.
com/news/politics-and-
Assitance of Rs 1000 to
nation/covid-19-crisis-all-
the families holding a
Media reports 23/03/2020 Chief Minister ration-card-holding-
ration card through DBT
families-in-bihar-to-get-
for the lockdown period
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Primary and middle
schools will provide dry
ration to children. 4 kg
Chhattisgar School education rice and 0.8 kg pulses
Order 19/3/2020
h department for middle school
students, 6 kg rice and
1.2 kg pulses for
primary.
1)Electricity meter
reading / Billing to be
stopped till March 31st
2)Half Rate On electricity
Rice for two month to be
Rates for two months
provided in April to all
under the "Half Rate
rationcard holders.
Scheme" 3) Health
Order 23/3/2020 Food and Civil Supplies Antyodaya+Annapurna
Workers will be given a
rationcard hoolders to
special allowance(
get sugar+salt for two
Deatails not defined) 4)
months in April
Licenses granted to two
distilleries to make
alcohol for Hand
Sanitizers
Keep adequate shelf of
works ready to provide
employment immediately
on demand. Guidelines
Order 23/3/2020 Rural Development
for precautions to be
taken at the worksite to
prevent the spread of
covid 19 detailed.
Distribution of food
packets to destitute
families identified by the
Order 25/3/2020 Social Welfare district administration
with support from
charitable groups and
NGOs
 Welfare relief measures announced by states to deal with COVID 19

Source: DATE OF ISSUED INCOME SUPPORT

STATE affadavit, ORDER/ANNOUNCEM FOOD (including PDS) MDM+ICDS PENSIONS HEALTH OTHER RELIEF COMMENTS
BY/ANNOUNCED BY (including NREGA)
media, court ENT
orders https://www.
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com/news/national/covid
Doubled pension for -19-delhi-government-to-
Chief Secretary for Delhi Establishment of hunger
Delhi Order 25/3/2020 widows, differently-abled pay-unemployed-
Disaster Management helpline
and elderly for March construction-workers-rs-
5000-a-
month/article31155886.
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https://www.thehindu.
com/news/cities/Delhi/fre
Media reports 7.5 kg free ration to 72 e-ration-double-pension-
lakh beneficiaries for one in-delhi/article31132091.
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Goa
Gujarat
Financial assistance for
people in Below Poverty
Line (BPL) category and
low-income groups like
daily wagers, labourers,
Haryana Media reports
street vendors and
construction workers.
This will cost the state
government nearly Rs
1,200 crore per month,
https://m.economictimes.
com/small-
Advance payment of
Rs 2000 one time biz/productline/building-
three months' pension
Himachal payment to construction materials/himachal-
Media report (total Rs
Pradesh workers registered with pradesh-announces-rs-
3000/beneficiary- 5.3 L)
the BoCW boards (1.5 L) 30-crore-relief-for-
by the first week of April
construction-
workers/articleshow/747
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Biometric authentication
for ration distribution
Order 18/3/2020 Food and Civil Supplies suspended. OTP and
mobile numbers to be
used instead
Advance distribution of
Order 23/3/2020 Food and Civil Supplies
ration for April and May
6.9 L families with
pending applications for Identification of families
ration cards will also be left to the discretion of
Order 23/3/2020 Food and Civil Supplies provided 10 kilos of rice district and block
at Re1/kilo of rice officials. 30 L given to
procured from local each district
market.
https://www.livelaw.
in/news-updates/covid-
Food packets to be 19-justice-g-narendar-
provided to daily wage appeals-state-to-provide-
Karnataka High court order
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 Welfare relief measures announced by states to deal with COVID 19

Source: DATE OF ISSUED INCOME SUPPORT

STATE affadavit, ORDER/ANNOUNCEM FOOD (including PDS) MDM+ICDS PENSIONS HEALTH OTHER RELIEF COMMENTS
BY/ANNOUNCED BY (including NREGA)
media, court ENT
orders One-month extension for
Rs 2,000 crore as the payment of water
consumer loans to those and electricity bills, and
impacted by Covid-19. plans to launch
Advance payment of
Another Rs 2,000 crore restaurants which will
Kerala Media reports pensions for the month
will be distributed as provide meals at Rs 20.
of April
village employment Tax relief has been
assurance programme declared to auto-
for April and May. rickshaws and taxis and
buses.
Unclear whether the
SHGs to provide ready
Women and Child ready to eat meals will
Madhya to eat meals for children
Order 17.3.2020 Development be delivered or families
Pradesh between 3-6 years on a
Department have to collect it from the
weekly basis.
AWC
Rs 1000 one time
payment to registered
Advance payment of workers. One time
Order 26/3/2020
pension for two months payments of Rs 2000 to
Baiga, Sahariya and
Bhariya families
Cost of MDM to be Free treatment for any
Panchayat fund to be
deposited in the covid 19 positive
One month ration to be used for provision of
Maharashtra accounts of students individual. Payment
provided free of cost food and shelter to
(primary and upper accordign to Ayushman
families in need.
primary) Bharat norms.
1) Employees cannot be
terminated or forced to
go on leave even if the
premises of work
For Building and Other
remains "Non
Construction Workers :
Operational" 2) Workers
Rs 1000 /Worker/Week
/ Employees must be
Meghalaya Order 23/03/2020 Labour Department from 23rd March to 29th
paid full salaries / wages
March . Order to be
for the period of
reviewed on March 30th
lockdown even if the
2020
worker takes leave in
liue of the COVID 19
outbreak he/she shall be
deemed to be on duty
Mizoram
Nagaland
Doorstep deliveries of
Take Home Ration
(THR) and ration for Hot
Cooked Meal (HCR)
from 1st April to 30th
Department of Women
Odisha Order 23/3/2020 April by AWCs. Dry
and Child
ration entitlement to be
provided to pregnant and
lactating mothers. Eggs
will be distirbuted to HH
every week.
MDM dry ration for 90
days (in addition to
NFSA entitlement) to be
School and Mass
Order 23/3/2020 provided in one go
Education Department
through FPS. Order
details steps to be taken
for staggered distribution
3 months ration to be
distributed between April
Food supplies and 1st and 15th May .
Order 17/3/2020
consumer welfare Distribution has been
staggered over 45 days
to prevent overcrowding
 Welfare relief measures announced by states to deal with COVID 19

Source: DATE OF ISSUED INCOME SUPPORT

STATE affadavit, ORDER/ANNOUNCEM FOOD (including PDS) MDM+ICDS PENSIONS HEALTH OTHER RELIEF COMMENTS
BY/ANNOUNCED BY (including NREGA)
media, court ENT
orders Home delivery of ration
Health and Family
Order 24/3/2020 and pension in urban
Welfare
areas
Rs 3,000 to each
registered construction
worker in the state.
Money to be transferred
Punjab
to bank accounts
directly. Rs 96 crore has
been earmarked for this
purpose.
Food packets will be
delivered to the "needy"
by charitable
organizations and SHGs
one time payments of Rs
wherever possible. This Payment of 2 months
Announcement/ 1000 to 25 L
Rajasthan Chief Minister will be for NFSA pension (total Rs 1500)
press release construction workers and
beneficiaries + those that to NSAP beneficiaries
registered street vendors
are exlcuded. Packets
will be made available at
different public buildings
not just the FPS
5 kg aata, 1/2 cooking Unclear how "needy" will
oil, 1/2 kg salt, 1kg dal, be identified. No
Order 23/3/2020 Food and Civil Supplies
1kg rice free of cost to documents will be asked
"needy" for, welcome move.
The Order is a guideline
document to all private
and government
hospitals . It directs them
to create separate
enclsores for COVID
cases ; Report Cases to
Department of Health
Telangana Order 21/03/2020 the centralised Units etc.
and Family Welfare
It has advisory related to
travel history screening ,
Self Quarantine
regulations , testing
procedures etc . It does
not announce any
economic package
One time income All pregnant women who
support of 1500 Rs for are expected to deliver
1)12 Kg of Rice per rationcard holders - during the months of
Chief Secratary to the person amounting to amounting to 1314 Cr. march and april will be
Telangana Order 22/03/2020
Givernment 3.58 lack Tonnes of rice Full wage payments to listed and monitored and
at 1103 Cr permanent and assisted by medical staff
contractual workers for to ensure institutional
lockdown period delivery.
Financial package of
over Rs 353 crore to
give cash handouts to an
Uttar Media report, no estimated 3.53 million
Pradesh orders yet daily wage earners and
labourers, who are likely
to be hit due to the
coronavirus outbreak.