PANAJI: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved a scheme to provide one-time financial relief of Rs 5,000 each to persons in marginalised or unorganised sectors who lost their livelihood due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The exercise is likely to cost the government Rs 25 crore.
A cabinet note stated that due to the lockdown and curfew, many who carry out their work in traditional businesses of Goa, as well as in the marginalised and unorganised sectors, have lost their livelihood. It’s therefore the social responsibility of the government to extend one-time financial help to them, the note said.
“It is expected that nearly 50,000 persons involved in these sectors, (or) involved in carrying out traditional occupations or traditional businesses of Goa, lost their livelihood or source of earning,” the note said.
Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that the state government is expecting at least 25,000-30,000 people to apply under the scheme.
Sawant said that autorickshaw drivers, motorcycle taxi riders and others are eligible under this scheme. He said that there is a single-page form to apply.
The state cabinet also granted approval for the creation of a department of public-private partnership, which was earlier a PPP cell.
