More than 2.5 lakh taxi and auto drivers will get financial aid of Rs.10,000 each, with Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy releasing the funds to eligible beneficiaries. The initiative was launched under the YSR Vahana Mitra scheme to help them during the pandemic. The CM released financial aid towards this initiative to help auto-taxi drivers tied over the crisis due to the lockdown. The CM disbursed more than Rs.262 crore towards this initiative. Beneficiaries will receive the money to their unencumbered accounts. The Chief Minister said that his government has released the funds four months in advance to help auto-taxi drivers deal with the situation. He added that if any of the beneficiaries did not receive the fund, they can register in the Spandana website or apply as per their eligibility criteria and they will get the fund by 4 July 2020. The scheme was launched in 2019 with the main objective to provide an annual allowance to taxi and auto drivers to pay their licence fee, insurance premium and other related expenses.