The COVID-19 Relief and Support Programme which oversees the issuing of grants of $25,000 to households has distributed a total of 236,876 grants valued at nearly $6 billion across the ten administrative regions as of February 6, this year.
This disclosure was made by Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud, during her written response to questions asked by Opposition Member Haimraj Rajkumar.
The response was circulated during yesterday’s sitting of the National Assembly.
