PM Modi launches Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan for migrants; assures jobs near their homes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an employment scheme for migrant workers who went jobless due to Coronavirus induced lockdown. Aiming to turn lockdown into an opportunity to boost development in rural areas, PM Modi launched 'Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan' and said that during lockdown talent from cities returned to vills and it will w help rural ecomy. 

Launching 'Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan' via video conference in Bihar's Katihar in presence of chief ministers of five states - Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and a minister of Odisha, PM Modi said re are some people who might t appreciate efforts of villrs in fight against coronavirus but he applauds m for ir efforts. scheme will work in a mission mode in 116 districts across se six states where maximum number of migrant workers have returned.

PM Modi said, " way vills have fought coronavirus has taught a big lesson to cities. Talent has returned from cities during lockdown, those whose labour and skills were behind rapid growth of cities will w boost development of vills with help of this scheme."

Underlining that migrant workers were always in Centre's thoughts during lockdown, Prime Minister said that it is an endeavour of his government that workers get jobs near ir home and help in development of vills. Talking about infrastructure development of vills with help of this scheme, Prime Minister also said that for first time Internet was being used more in vills than in cities and w work to increase speed of Internet was being undertaken.

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In beginning of his speech, Prime Minister also paid tributes to soldiers of Bihar regiment martyred in Galwan faceoff with China.

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A total of 116 districts with more than 25,000 returnee migrant workers across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha have been chosen for campaign. It will be a coordinated effort between 12 different ministries. Here is a list of 25 works anunced by Union government:-

• Community sanitation complex 
• Gram Panchayat Bhawan 
• Works under Finance Commission Funds 
• National Highway Works 
• Water conservation and harvesting works 
• Construction of wells 
• Plantation 
• Horticulture 
• Anganwadi centres 
• Rural housing 
• Rural connectivity and border works 
• Shyama Prasad Mukherjee RURBAN Mission 
• PM KUSUM works 
• Laying of Fiber Optical Cable under Bharat Net 
• Works under Jal Jeevan Mission 
• Works under PM Ganga Urja project 
• Training through KVKs for livelihoods 
• Works through District Mineral Fund 
• Solid and liquid waste manment works 
• Farm ponds  
• Cattle sheds 
• Poultry sheds 
• Vermicomposting 

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