Manipur:  Chief Minister’s COVID-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme was launched in Manipur to provide assistance to those who had severely affected the COVID-19 pandemic in the State. The scheme was launched today by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh in a function held at Imphal.

Addressing the event, the Chief Minister maintained that the State Government had been working earnestly with an aim to uplift the poor and weaker sections of the State. The Government is for the people and is always ready to serve them.

 Biren said that the Chief Minister’s COVID-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme was introduced considering economic dislocations, which had severely affected the livelihood of a large percentage of the population leading to an inability to maintain a basic minimum standard of living. Asking to avail the scheme, he appealed to the public to be sincere and to abstain from making any false document to get the benefit, while applying for any schemes or scholarships so that the benefit could reach the targeted and eligible beneficiaries.

He said that the applications were invited for the scheme through a proper survey at the district levels and added that a total of 22,336 applications had been received so far.  Out of the applications received, 7,943 had been verified, and of this first installment of Rs 2500 would be distributed to 6,276 applicants today bearing a total amount of around Rs 1.56 crore. He stated that the second installment for the same would be disbursed within September this year.

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