39,400 crore between 25 March and 31 August as Covid-19 impacted lives and livelihood of millions of workers, the union labour ministry informed the Lok Sabha Monday. 15,000 per month each, reflective of the hardship the bottom of the pyramid faced during the Covid-19 lockdown, and the ensuing income and job loss. Giving a detailed break-up of the lockdown withdrawals, the labour ministry said that since the beginning of lockdown on 25 March, till end of August, Rs. 5,743.96 crore and in Tamil Nadu including Puducherry the amount of withdrawal was Rs. Delhi and Telangana are the other two states where the EPFO offices saw a good withdrawal by their subscribers amount to over Rs.

Source: Mint September 14, 2020 14:15 UTC