Value of government aid to combat COVID-19 in India April 2020
about 1.7 trillion rupees as relief for this time.
The country went into lockdown earlier that week, the largest in the world, restricting 1.3 billion people.
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India's government deployed about 348 billion Indian rupees to combat the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown as of May 6, 2020. The largest value under the package went towards payments to farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme, and women account holders of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. The relief package falls under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana scheme, with a commitment of The country went into lockdown earlier that week, the largest in the world, restricting 1.3 billion people.
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