Many new features will be available from May 1 and some changes will be made

 Many new features will be available from May 1 and some changes will be made

The Corona epidemic is raging in the country. With that in mind, the government has decided to vaccinate all people over the age of 18 from May 1. Apart from that, the government will re-launch the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana from May 1 to help the poor in the second wave of Corona. From May 1 you will get some new features, as well as some changes in banking related rules. We are telling you about it.

Vaccination of people above 18 years of age will begin

From May 1, all people over the age of 18 will be able to get the vaccine. Registration by Covin for the vaccination will be required as before. Registration has started for it. People can register for the vaccination on the Covin Portal and the Health Bridge app. Registration must be done on the Health Bridge app or on the Covin portal. Click here to register.

80 crore people will get 5 kg of grain free in next two months

In the second wave of Corona, the government has re-launched the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to help the poor. Under this, the central government will provide 5 kg of foodgrains free of cost to each poor person in the months of May and June. Under the scheme, about 800 million people in the country will be able to get free foodgrains.

The central government imposed a nationwide lockdown during the Corona transition last year. Meanwhile, under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for the poor, every poor person was given 5 kg of wheat or rice per month and each family was given one kg of free chickpeas. The scheme was launched in March for three months. It was later extended to 30 November 2020.

LPG cylinder prices may change

On the first day of every month the Central Government announces the price of LPG cylinders. On April 1, 2021, the price of LPG cooking gas was reduced by Rs. Earlier, the price of a gas cylinder was hiked by Rs 225 five times from December to March. In Delhi, unsubsidised gas cylinders are currently being sold at Rs 809.

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Withdrawing money from Axis Bank will be expensive

This is bad news for you if you are an Axis Bank customer. The bank has increased the cash withdrawal and SMS charges on savings bank accounts. Axis Bank offers its savings account holders 4 transactions in a month or free withdrawal of Rs 2 lakh. It then charges Rs 5 per thousand or a maximum of Rs 150 on cash withdrawals. Now the bank has increased the charge from Rs 5 to Rs 10 after a free transaction. However, the maximum charge of Rs 150 has been kept unchanged.