Lucknow, March 30 -- Giving further respite to the daily wage worker during the lockdown following Coronavirus scare in Uttar Pradesh, state chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday transferred Rs 611 crore to over 27.15 lakh labourers of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(MGNREGA) in the state.
At a simple function held at the official residence of the CM, the funds were transferred in the bank account of the labourers. The amount was the pending dues of the MGNREGA workers, who get 100 days work in a year.
Yogi Adityanath while interacting with the labourers informed them that very soon the labourers would be given three months free ration and free LPG cylinders to Ujjawala scheme beneficiaries.
While inter...