Asif Khan, 35, was lodged at the quarantine facility in Jharsuguda since April 27 as he had visited a coronavirus containment zone in neighbouring district of Rourkela
Abhijit Banerjee stated that many people are still left out of welfare schemes and for that the governments should take the risk of corruption and misappropriation and just make funds available to local authorities so they can distribute money to the people who need it.
Hours after Congress offered to pay for the railway fares of stranded migrant workers, the Congress government in Rajasthan has stepped in to save the party's money.
Earlier today, the interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi had declared that the Congress party will bear the non-existent fares charged by central government from migrant workers.