India is considering to extend its flagship jobs program in villages and the workers in cities who left unemployed by the pandemic-induced lockdowns, a government official said.

when the program will be approved , it may be rolled out in a small cities that initially costs around 350 Billion Rupees , around 4.8 Billion dollars . Said Sanjay Kumar, a joint secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is already spending more than 1 trillion rupees on a rural jobs program this year, under which workers in the hinterland can earn a guaranteed minimum daily wage of 202 rupees for at least 100 days a year. An urban version of the plan will soften the blow on citizens most affected by the coronavirus fallout, which has set Asia’s third-largest economy on course for its deepest contraction in history.

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