Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday thanked Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for announcing the second tranche of the special Covid package worth Rs 20 lakh crore and said that this economic package would benefit the migrants and the farmers of Haryana in a big way.
In a statement issued here, Khattar said that for farmers, the Finance Minister has approved Rs 30,000 crore additional emergency working capital fund through NABARD, which is over and above Rs 90,000 crore to be provided through normal refinance route.
Besides this, a Rs 2 lakh crore concessional credit boost to 2.5 crore farmers through the Kisan Credit Card Special drive would be given by the Centre. He also thanked Sitharaman for announcing the launch of the National Portability Cards (One Nation One Ration Card) which can be used in any ration shop in any part of the country as migrants move from one state to another State.