Uttar Pradesh covid-19 (Representational photo)  |  Photo Credit: AP
Lucknow: In an attempt to economically help the weaker sections of the society who have been hit hard due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government will provide a ‘maintenance allowance’ to the tune of Rs 1500 crore to 1.50 crore labourers and construction workers on Monday.
Aiming to provide relief to the poor suffering due to the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the UP government has aimed to work with the mantra of saving both ‘lives and livelihood’.
Uttar Pradesh has 5,09,08,745 registered workers across the state. Of the total, the number of unorganised workers registered on the e-SHRAM portal is 3,81,60,725 and the total number of workers registered under the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare (BOCW) board is 1,27,48,020.
The UP governmnet will be disbursing the ‘maintenance allowance’ directly to the bank accounts of a total of two crore workers in the first phase.
Small shopkeepers, daily wage labourers, rickshaw/e-rickshaw pullers, porters, barbers, washermen, cobblers, and confectioners, etc have been given ‘maintenance allowance’ by the Uttar Pradesh government.