.Kathmandu : , Nov 12, 2012: The Nepal government encouraged families from poor homes affected by Covid-19 to apply for cash grants under a relief program announced earlier in the year.Kathmandu 12 Nov : – The Nepal government encourages eligible households to apply to cash grants in a relief programme announced earlier this year. Under the relief plan included in the budget for the current 2021-22 fiscal year starting in mid-July, the government will distribute 10,000 NPR ($84) in one-off subsidy to each eligible family, which is the first time since the onset of the pandemic early last year, reports Xinhua news agency.
According to Xinhua, the government will provide a subsidy of 10,000 NPR ($84) for each family that is eligible under the aid plan in its budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year.This was the first such payment since the start of the pandemic in early 2013.
The government will give 10,000 NPR ($84), a one-off subsidy to every eligible family under the new relief plan that was included in the budget of the current fiscal year 2021-22, beginning in mid-July.It is this first payment since the pandemic began in January.
A total of 500,000 families will benefit from the government’s scheme at a cost of 5 billion NPR.The scheme will provide financial assistance to 500,000 households at 5 billion NPR.At a cost totaling 5 billion NPR, the scheme will be available to approximately 500,000 families.
As per the notice issued by the Ministry of Finance, workers unemployed after losing jobs amid the pandemic, daily wage earners, agricultural laboUrers, rickshaw pullers, tourism-related porters and families losing sole breadwinners, among others, can apply for the government’s support at ward offices within 15 days.
According to the Ministry of Finance’s notice, people who lost their jobs in the pandemic can request government support by contacting ward offices within fifteen days.The Ministry of Finance has issued a notice advising that workers who have lost jobs due to the pandemic and are now unemployed can submit ward office applications within 15 days for government assistance.
“We want the ward offices to select the eligible poor families based on the criteria of the guidelines,” Ritesh Kumar Shakya, spokesperson for the ministry, told Xinhua.Ritesh Kumar Shakya spoke on behalf of the ministry and said that he wanted the ward offices “to select eligible families based upon the criteria set out in the guidelines.”Ritesh Kumar Shakya (spokesman for the ministry) stated that he wants the ward office to pick eligible low families based the criteria in the guidelines.
“Once the eligible beneficiaries are selected, local governments will deposit 10,000 Nepali rupees in the account of each beneficiary,” he added.
He said that after the beneficiaries have been selected, the local governments would deposit 10,000 Nepali Rupees into each beneficiary’s account.He added that “Once eligible beneficiaries have been chosen, local governments will deposit 10,000 Nepali Rs in each beneficiary’s account.”
More than 700,000 people alone lost their jobs due to the first wave of the pandemic, according to a study by the National Planning Commission.According to a National Planning Commission study, more than 700,000.000 individuals lost their jobs in the initial wave of the pandemic.A study done by the National Planning Commission found that more than 700,000.
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