Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to initiate ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan’ on June 20 to give a boost to the livelihood opportunities in rural India. Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is a massive rural public works scheme which is aimed at empowering and providing livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens.
PM Narendra Modi will launch a massive Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan in six states on June 20 from Bihar to boost livelihood opportunities in Rural India for returnee migrants and rural citizens.
Designed to help those who have returned home amid pandemic, this scheme will be launched Telihar village, Khagaria district, Bihar. The state chief minister Nitish Kumar will be present in the virtual launch of ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan.’ The chief minister of five other states will also participate in the launch.
Spread over 125 days, this mission will implement various kinds of jobs to help migrant workers. The Centre has selected over 25,000 returned migrant laborers from 116 districts of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, and Odisha for the campaign. These districts are estimated to cover about two-thirds of such migrant workers.
Narendra Modi will launch this Abhiyaan on 20th June 2020 at 11 am through Video-Conference