Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan web portal launched

Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar today launched the web portal of the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan through video conferencing from New Delhi. The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is the massive employment generation-cum-rural infrastructure creation programme of the Government of India which was inaugurated on 20^th June 2020 by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the objective of providing employment to returnee migrant workers at their native places for next four months, because of the situation arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Key Highlights

• The programme with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore will be implemented in 116 districts in six states on mission mode for the next four months, the Rural Development Ministry said in a statement.
  
• The web portal was launched by Tomar in a digital event attended by all the nodal officers of this scheme from 116 districts.
  
• Besides providing information to the public about various district-wise and scheme-wise components of the programme, this portal will also help to monitor the progress of completion of the works being undertaken under it, Tomar said.
  
• He further said that the Centre in coordination with the states has been successful in dealing with the difficult situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
• Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the implementation of the government”s various welfare and development schemes continued even during the lockdown to alleviate livelihood problems of the poor, Tomar added.
  
• The Abhiyaan will also help to monitor the progress of completion of the works being undertaken with a fund outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore in 116 districts of 6 states, where there are more than 25000 returnee migrant workers per district.
  
• The launch of the web portal was followed by a workshop for the Central Nodal Officers of the 116 identified districts in which Secretary, Rural Development, Shri Nagendra Nath Sinha outlined the roles and responsibilities of the various Ministries involved, and the concerned State Governments and District Administrations in implementing and monitoring the progress of the works under the Abhiyaan for ensuring their timely completion.
  
• Representatives of the Ministries of Railways, Road Transport & Highways, Mines, New & Renewable Energy, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Environment & Forests, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Telecom, Agriculture, Panchayati Raj, Border Roads Organization, and various Rural Development departments gave detailed presentations for the benefit of the Nodal Officers.

SOURCE: Outlook India, PIB

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