Guwahati, August 23 (NKTV): Manipur CM N Bireng Singh on Sunday launched the Chief Minister’s Covid-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme to provide assistance to those who had been severely affected the Covid-19 pandemic in the state.
Speaking at the launch event in Imphal, the CM said that the Government of Manipur had been working sincerely to uplift the poor and weaker sections of the state. “The Government is for the people and is always ready to serve them” Singh said.
He informed that the Chief Minister’s Covid-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme has been introduced considering economic dislocations, which had severely affected the livelihood of a large percentage of the population.
During the function, financial assistance under the scheme was distributed to some selected beneficiaries consisting of street vendors, van drivers, public transport drivers and artists among others.