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The interim president of the Congress Party in India, Sonia Gandhi, has said that the central government's attitude on the economic package has become a cruel joke.

"Every well-known economist had suggested the urgent need for large scale financial stimulus," Sonia Gandhi said in a meeting with leaders of 22 opposition parties through videoconferencing today. The announcement of the package of 20 lakh crores by the Prime Minister and the information given by the Finance Minister for the next 5 days became a cruel joke.

Opposition parties demand, government give Rs 7,500 per month to poor families for six months

The 22 opposition parties of India, after discussion among themselves, have placed 11 demands before the Modi government at the center, the first of which is the demand of giving cash money to poor families for six months.

It said that all the families coming out of income tax should be given Rs 7,500 per month for six months.

The parties have suggested that 10,000 rupees be given first and after that in five months this amount should be passed on to the workers' families in equal installments.

On Friday, in a video-based meeting on the invitation of the interim president of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, the Central Government's economic package was described as inadequate and demanded a review.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also attended the meeting.

However, two major parties of Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, did not join it.

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi released the video requesting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that his party has arranged buses for the migrant laborers and the state government approved to run them.

The party says that about 400 of their buses have reached the Bahj Border, Govardhan in Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan, and more buses are coming.

Nirmala serial sprinkles salt on poor wounds: Yashwant Sinha

Former Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, in a tweet describing India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's economic package announcements, wrote, "Like other serials, the Nirmala serial eventually came to an end. He did what the government had not done till now, he has sprinkled salt on the wounds of the poor. ''

10 lakh people have lost their jobs in Punjab: Amarinder Singh

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh told news agency PTI that so far 10 lakh people have lost their jobs due to Corona crisis in Punjab.

Amarinder Singh said that according to some experts, this crisis may continue till July or August, so we are preparing for an even worse situation.

Air India clarification on domestic flights

Air India has tweeted and said that an email from their office is being shared on WhatsApp, which is being misunderstood. Airlines clarified that the decision to start domestic flights will be taken by the Central Government of India and not Air India.

Number of corona infected patients in Mumbai is close to 20,000

Cases of corona infection are increasing in India's financial capital Mumbai. In the last 24 hours, 1571 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Mumbai while 38 people have died.

At the same time, 2347 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in the whole of Maharashtra after which the number of infected patients in the entire state has increased to 33053.

According to the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the number of total corona infection cases in Mumbai has been 19967 while 5012 of these people have been cured.

Covid-19 has caused 734 deaths in Mumbai alone. At the same time, this number is 1198 in the whole of Maharashtra.

58 new cases of corona infection in Bihar, 56 of Patna

56 new cases of infection have been detected in Bihar out of which 56 cases are from Patna.

According to Sanjay Kumar, Chief Health Secretary, Government of Bihar, the number of infected in the state has increased to 1251.

In the fourth phase of lockdown in India, passenger transport between two states will be able to run only after mutual consent. In the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, it has been said that passenger transport or buses depend only on the consent of two states.

The central government in India has announced to extend the lockdown across the country by 31 May to prevent the spread of corona virus infection. This will be the fourth phase of the lockdown.

Apart from this, the district administration will decide the area of ​​Red, Orange, Containment and Buffer zone. That is, in a way it will be the responsibility of the state.

In addition, only necessary activities will be allowed in the Containment Zone. People from these zones will not be allowed to move in and out except those engaged in essential services.

All states and union territories have been asked to allow health services workers to move in without any restriction.

Trains and empty trucks carrying all types of goods have been allowed to go from one state to another.

The central government in India has announced to extend the lockdown across the country by 31 May to prevent the spread of corona virus infection. This will be the fourth phase of the lockdown.

The Home Ministry has issued new guidelines for this fourth phase of lockdown. Under this, all domestic and international flight services will be banned till 31 May.

Also, metro rail service will be closed and night curfew will continue from 7 am to 7 am.

Apart from this, let us know what else will be restricted in the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

- Only domestic air ambulance and air travel can be done in the country only for security reasons or as permitted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Schools, colleges and all types of educational institutions will remain closed till 31 May. Only online or distance learning will continue, which should be further encouraged.
- All types of hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services will be closed across the country, except those engaged in essential services or people trapped elsewhere. The restaurant will be allowed to continue the kitchen for home delivery.
- All cinema halls, shopping malls, gyms, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theaters, auditoriums, bars, assembly halls will remain closed. Opening of sports complex and stadium will be allowed but no visitors will be allowed in it.
- All types of social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural or religious programs will remain banned.
- All types of religious places will remain closed and religious gathering will be banned.

NDMA gives instructions to the government, the lockdown should be extended by 31 May

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has directed all central and state ministries, departments and authorities to extend the lockdown in the country by 31 May.

The NDMA told the government that this lockdown should be extended under the Disaster Management Act (2005) to prevent infection with the corona virus.

Also, NDMA has directed the National Executive Committee to improve the lockdown guidelines so that economic activities can be opened.

According to the news agency PTI, NDMA has said that new guidelines in this regard will be issued soon.

India's Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at the press conference that free food grains will be given to all migrant laborers for the next two months.

The Finance Minister said that the scheme will also cover those workers who do not come under the ambit of food security law, the benefit of this scheme will also be available to those workers who do not have ration cards.

The Finance Minister said, "A provision of Rs 3500 crore has been made for such eight crore migrant laborers. For the next two months every migrant working family will get five kg of wheat or rice and one kg of gram. It is the responsibility of the state governments to implement it.

"Through One Nation, One Ration Card, workers can take their share of food grains from ration depots wherever they are in any part of the country." This benefit will be available to all the migrant workers who go to other states for employment.

The Finance Minister said that it will be arranged under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to enable the migrant laborers and urban poor to get houses for rent at low cost, the state governments and industrialists will also contribute to it.

Apart from this, the Finance Minister made many more announcements which are as follows.

- NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) has provided assistance of Rs 29,500 crore to rural and cooperative banks. Farmers will be able to take loans from these banks.
- 25 lakh farmers have been given credit cards. Farmers who do not have a card will also get loan. 2.5 crore farmers and livestock farmers will also be given credit cards.
- The Central Government is providing food for three times to the homeless people living in cities at their expense.
- Only 30% of the workers working in unorganized sectors are able to reap the benefits of minimum wages. The same minimum wage will be implemented across the country so that regional disparity is overcome. It will be legalized.
- The workers will be given an appointment letter. Their health checkup will be mandatory once a year and the workers working in dangerous situations will be given attention through social security schemes.
- During the Corona Crisis, 12,000 volunteer groups created more than 30 million masks and 1.2 lakh liters of sanitizer. In the last two months, 7,200 new volunteer groups have been formed to help the urban poor.
- A sum of Rs. 5000 crores is announced for 50 lakh street vendors. With this, every person will get a loan facility of up to Rs 10,000. The government will launch it within a month.

India's Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at the press conference that she will announce nine steps, including three for migrant laborers, one for street vendors and people employed, two small farmers and one for housing.

The Finance Minister said that in the last two months, 63 lakh loans for agriculture sector amounting to 86,000 crores were sanctioned. The month of March-April is very important for agriculture and economy, so the government took this decision.

The Finance Minister said, "There has been a lot of discussion of migrant laborers and urban poor these days. The Modi government has given aid of 11 thousand crores to the urban poor. This help has been given through SDRAF (State Disaster Response Fund).

The Finance Minister said, "10,000 crores have been spent to help the migrant workers who have gone back to their states. 40-50% of the returned workers have enrolled to work in MNREGA, which is much higher than in May last year. The daily wages of laborers have been increased from Rs 182 per day to Rs 202 per day. ''

Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari criticized India's Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Thursday briefing on the economic package, saying, "It is unfortunate to say this, but today's press conference was an unmatched display of ignorance, arrogance and insensitivity."

Manish Tiwari said, "We have heard that the Finance Minister has introduced the second installment of the bailout package, which has been conceptualized by this government and it is unfortunate to say, but his press conference today is about ignorance, arrogance and insensitivity."

Manish Tiwari said, "The most spectacular picture of the end of the Second World War was of a naval swinging happily with a girl in his arms in New York." Several decades later, defining the Vietnam War, it was a picture of a little girl trying to escape from a village. ''

Manish Tiwari said, "If there is one picture which will continue to haunt us, then there is a picture of millions of our laborers trying to reach their homes." We were expecting to hear something from the Finance Minister on what this government is doing to bring these people to a safe home. ''

Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram has said that the details of the economic package that the current finance minister has given, there is nothing for the laborers returning from their poor and starving homes on foot.

He said that apart from the package given for micro, small and domestic industries, the remaining announcements are disappointing.

Former Finance Minister Chidambaram questioned after the Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman gave details of the economic package of 20 lakh crores of central government, "Finance Minister has given only 3.6 lakh crores out of 20 lakh crores package. , Where did the remaining Rs 16.4 lakh crore? ''

He said that the Central Government is imprisoned in its own ignorance and fear, it will have to spend more, but it is not willing to do so.

Chidambaram said, "The government should borrow more, but it is not willing to do so. The government should allow the states to borrow more and spend more, but it is not ready to do so."

Chidambaram also said that the government's announcement of some support measures for micro, small and medium scale industries (MSMEs) is a good step but it also has a flaw.

He said, "I believe that the measures have been diverted in favor of large MSMEs (about 4.5 million). I think a large group of 6.3 crore MSMEs has been ignored."

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted, "Yesterday, today and tomorrow, headline package of 20,00,000 crore, only loan package of 3,70,000 crore today, but when" headline to helpline package "? Neither a single penny in the hand of the poor, nor a rupee in the account of the farmer, neither the return or ration of the migrant laborer, nor the shopkeeper / job occupation got anything. ''

Reacting to the economic package, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that there is nothing for the states in this.

Mamta Banerjee said, "People hoped that there would be relief ... but they got nothing. There is nothing for the states. The Center is forcing federal rule, misleading people with the economic package."

Rajya Sabha MP of Aam Aadmi Party Sanjay Singh has described this package as a provision of loot to crores.

He tweeted, "One thing is clear from today's package that the unscrupulous people who have already looted millions of crores of rupees in the name of NPAs, the government has made arrangements to loot millions of crores of them again. Poor Nothing felt in his hands, he was left trusting God. ''

Nirmala Sitharaman today announced the first installment of the Rs 20 lakh crore relief package of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's self-reliant India campaign. Daily relief package announcements will be made in the next few days.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear that there will also be Lockdown-4, but it will be completely new. Modi said that information will be given before May 18.

He said that the final decision will be taken after consulting the Chief Ministers of the state.

Modi announced an economic package of around twenty lakh crore rupees.

Modi said that this package is about ten percent of India's GDP.

According to him, through all these, various sections of the country, the links of the economic system will get support of twenty lakh crore rupees.

Even after the Corona crisis, we are constantly watching the conditions in the world. When we look at these two periods from the perspective of India, it seems that it is not only our dream to be of twenty-first century India, it is also our responsibility.

Modi said that this package of twenty lakh crore rupees will give a new impetus to the development journey of the country, in Twenty Twenty crores, Twenty Lacs Crores, 20-20, self-reliant India campaign.

Land, labor, liquidity and law have all been emphasized in this package to prove the resolve of a self-reliant India.

Modi said that these economic packages are for our cottage industries, home industries, our small-scale industries, our MSMEs, which are the means of livelihood of crores of people, which is the strong foundation of our resolve for self-reliant India.

Modi said that the magnificent buildings of self-sufficient India will stand on five pillars.

First Pillar, Economy: An economy that brought quantum jump, not incremental change.

Second Pillar, Infrastructure: An infrastructure that becomes the hallmark of modern India.

The third pillar, our system: a system that is based not on the technology of the twenty-first century but on the technology-driving systems that fulfill the dreams of the twenty-first century.

Fourth Pillar, Our Demography: Our Vibrant Demography is our strength in the world's largest democracy. Self-reliance is the source of our energy for India.

Fifth Pillar, Demand: The cycle of demand and supply chain in our economy, the power that needs to be harnessed to its full potential. To increase demand in the country, every stake holder of our supply chain needs to be empowered to fulfill the demand. We will strengthen our supply chain, our supply system, which smells of the soil of my country, smells of sweat of our workers.

Modi said that India turned disaster into opportunity.

Today's state of the world teaches us that its path is one, self-reliant India.

Here, it is said in the scriptures - espant - that is the way, self-sufficient India.

Friends, as a nation today we stand at a very important juncture.

Such a big disaster has brought a signal to India. Has brought a message, has brought an opportunity.

Let me try to illustrate with an example, when the Corona crisis started, there was not a single PPE kit made in India.

N-95 masks were nominally produced in India, today the situation is that two lakh PPE and two lakh N95 masks are being made everyday in India.

We were able to do this because India turned disaster into opportunity.

India's vision of turning disaster into opportunity is going to prove equally effective for our resolve of self-reliant India.

Friends, the meaning of the word self-reliance has completely changed in the world today.

The definition of self-sufficiency in the global world is changing.

Today the discussion of wealth-centered globalization versus human-centered globalization is in full swing.

India's fundamental thinking today is a ray of hope in front of the world.

The culture of India, the rites of India speak of the self-reliance whose soul is Vasudev Kutumbakam. World One Family.

India does not advocate autism when it comes to self-reliance.

India's self-sufficiency concerns the happiness, cooperation and peace of the world. A culture that believes in the world, who wants only the welfare of the living, who considers the whole world as a family, who believes the earth as mother in her faith, that culture, when India land becomes self-reliant, then a happy Prospect of a prosperous world is also ensured.

India's progress has always contained the progress of the world.

India's goals impact, India's actions have an impact on world welfare.

When India is free from open defecation, the picture of the world also changes. Be it TB, malnutrition, polio, India's campaigns have an impact on the world. The International Solar Alliance is accusing the world of India against global warming.

Certainly all this is unimaginable for mankind. This Crisis is unprecedented. But it is not acceptable for a human to be tired, lost, broken, shattered.

Being vigilant, following all the rules of such war, now we have to escape and also move forward. Today, when the world is in crisis, then we have to strengthen our resolve.

Friends, We have continuously heard from the last century that the twenty-first century belongs to India.

We have the opportunity to understand in detail the world before Corona, the global systems.

There have been 3,390 new cases of Kovid-19 infection in India in the last 24 hours, while 1,273 people have been discharged from hospital after fully recovered.

These figures have been given by the Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Health in the press conference held on Friday evening.

He said that the current recovery rate of Corona in the country is 29.36 percent. Apart from this he said:

- No cases of corona infection have been reported in the last 28 days in 42 districts of India.
- In 29 districts, no new case of corona has been reported in the last 21 days.
- No new cases of infection have been seen in the last 14 days in 36 districts.
- There have been no new cases of corona in the last seven days in 46 districts.

So far, not a single case of Kovid-19 infection has been reported in 216 districts of the country.

In India, 16 migrant laborers have died in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

South Central Railway has issued a statement saying that the accident took place between Badnapur and Karmad railway station of Parbhani-Manmad section in the early hours of Friday.

According to the statement, a freight train going towards Manmad climbed on a group of 19 people sleeping on the track. 14 people died on the spot, while 2 people succumbed to their injuries seriously.

The statement said that the driver from the goods train immediately rang the horn after seeing people sleeping on the track and tried his best to stop the train.

South Central Railway says that an independent investigation into the cause of the accident will be done under the chairmanship of Railway Safety Commissioner of South Central Railway Ram Kripal.

Earlier, Chief PRO of South Central Railway had confirmed the accident from BBC Hindi and stated that, "It seems that the workers were sleeping on the track".

A person injured in the accident is undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital in Aurangabad.

Aurangabad SP Mokshada Patil told BBC Marathi's Niranjan Chanwal that all the laborers worked in a steel factory in Jalna near Aurangabad.

These people were going from Jalna towards Bhusawal. He was told that a train would be available from Bhusaval.

The accident occurred between Badnapur and Karmad railway station on Parbhani-Manmad rail section.

"The workers were returning to Madhya Pradesh," an official at Karmad police station told PTI. They were walking along the railway track and slept on the track due to fatigue.

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the accident by tweeting. He said in his tweet, "People are very sad to die in a train accident in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Talk to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. They are keeping a close watch on the whole matter. All possible help will be provided."

On the accident, the Indian Railways Ministry issued an official statement saying, "This morning when the loco pilot noticed that some laborers were sleeping on the track, they tried to stop the train. But eventually the train hit them. Investigation in this regard Has been ordered.

Railway Safety Commissioner Ram Kripal of the South-Central Zone will conduct an independent investigation into the train accident.