Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced a financial aid of Rs 3,000 for each of the 65,000 registered street vendors in 114 ULBs cross the State.
Notably, these street vendors have suffered financially as they have kept their shops closed as a measure to maintain social distancing for checking spread of deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for a few days now.
Besides, the Chief Minister also announced that 100 to 200 poor people would be provided cooked food in each gram panchayat from Sunday. SHGs would be entrusted the responsibility of cooking and distributing cooked meals. Poor people can take cooked food from SHGs and eat the meals in their respective houses, said the Chief Minister in an official release.
He said that about 10 lakh poor and distressed people would benefit from the scheme.
On Friday, the Chief Minister had announced distribution of ration items to poor people for three months and old-age pension for four months. He urged people once again to stay home and remain safe from COVID-19.
