Corona: The government will add Rs 4 to the fund for every rupee donated
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that for every money donated to the Corona Fund, Rs. 4 will be added to the fund by the government.
“I have set aside the Prime Minister’s Corona Relief Fund for deserving people who have lost their jobs due to the Corona Lockdown,” Imran Khan said in a Twitter message.
He said that all the rules of transparency of Ehsas Emergency Cash would be applicable to category 4 payments under this fund.
It may be recalled that the federal government had recently decided to merge the Corona Relief Fund and the Ehsas program.
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The government has decided to provide Rs 12,000 per family to the unemployed and needy people affected by the economic crisis due to Corona.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that so far Rs 81 crore has been distributed among 6.6 million families through Ehsas Emergency Cash Program.