<span style="color: #222222;">Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for allocation of foodgrains from Central Pool to approximately 8 crore migrants and stranded migrants .<br />'' <br />'' Five kg per person per month (May and June, 2020) for two months free of cost to be given to migrants.<br />'' <br />'' It would entail an estimated food subsidy of about 2,982 crore rupees .  <br />'' <br />'' Cabinet also decided to bear the expenditure towards intra-state transportation and handling charges and dealer's margin about 127.25 crore which will borne fully by Central Government.  <br />'' <br />'' Accordingly, the total subsidy from the Government of India is estimated at about of 3,109 crore rupees.<br />''<br />''The allocation will ease the hardships faced by migrant / stranded migrants due to economic disruption caused by COVID-19.</span>