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Table 3.

Relief measures and announcements by the GoI and the judiciary

Announcement	Details	Centre/state/courts^a	Days after lockdown announced
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), 1.42 trillion	Cash transfer to JDY accounts, Rs 1000 to pension beneficiaries, additional foodgrains to PDS beneficiaries, loans to SHG members, free gas cylinders to Ujwala Yojana beneficiaries No specific relief measures for migrants	Centre	2
Petition for wages for migrants disposed	No directives for additional relief measures	Supreme Court	27
Atmanirbhar Bharat	Free PDS grain to 80 million migrants for two months. Three meals a day for residents of shelters for urban homeless	Centre	45
PM Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan (PMGKRY)	125 day programme to provide employment to returned migrants and other rural residents in 116 districts and build rural infrastructure	Centre	83
Extension of free PDS (PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana)	Provision of free PDS grain to 800 million for five more months; this extension does not apply to 80 million migrants^b	Centre	93
Suo Moto case on migrants	Final order pending, interim orders related to travel, not additional relief measures	Supreme Court	60

^aFor a full compendium of relief measures introduced by the centre and various state governments, refer to www.covid-india.in