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GKRA - Rs 13240 Cr paid to migrant labourers: Govt

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 06, 2020: THE Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA), launched to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for migrant workers returning to villages and similarly affected citizens in rural areas, in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, is now empowering villagers with livelihood opportunities in 116 districts of six states. The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is taking action on mission mode to provide employment to migrant workers who have returned to their native villages of these 6 states namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

By the sixth week itself, a total of about Rs. 17 crore mandays employment has been provided and Rs.13,240 crore has been spent so far in the of pursuit of objectives of the Abhiyaan. A large number of structures have been created under GKRA so far including Rs. 62,532 water conservation structures, Rs. 1.74 lakh rural houses, Rs. 14,872 cattle shed, 8,963 form ponds, Rs. 2,222 Community Sanitary Complex, Rs. 5,909 works have been taken up through District Mineral Funds, 564 Gram Panchayat have been provided internet connectivity, Rs. 16,124 candidates have been provided skill training through Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) during the Abhiyaan.

The Abhiyaan's success so far can be seen as due to convergent efforts of 12 Ministries/ Departments and State Governments, which are giving higher quantum of benefits to the migrant workers and rural communities. The stage is set for longer term action for a long term initiative for jobs and livelihoods for those who chose to stay back in villages.


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