Govt urged to expand coverage
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 30 2021:
Maintaining that the state government should review the Chief Minister Covid-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme; State Platform of Disabled People's Organisation, Manipur president Md Yunus Khan has urged the government to include people with disabilities and widows under the said scheme.
In a release, Md Yunus stated that Covid-19 has affected many including people with disabilities who are
supporting their families as well as widows especially who are weavers.
Does government think that there are no people with disability who are daily wage earners, he asked, while adding that prolonged Covid-19 pandemic and its related restrictions have hit them hard as well.
Md Yunus Khan reiterated that government must include people with disabilities and widows in the Chief Minister Covid-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme to serve its real purpose and objective.