Finance Ministry Says Migrants Job Scheme Not Implemented in Bengal

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated the employment scheme for migrant workers who returned to their native place after the lockdown was not implemented in West Bengal as the state did not provide related information. The minister was replying to a Congress leader who raised the issue in the Lok Sabha on September 19. She added, "We did not get information about whether over 25,000 migrant workers returned to any district."