This story is from June 26, 2020

PM to launch job scheme for migrants in UP on Friday

PM to launch job scheme for migrants in UP on Friday
PM Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Scheme envisages providing livelihood to over 30L migrants
LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, will flag off the ambitious PM Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Scheme in Uttar Pradesh, which aims to create 1 crore job opportunities in various sectors. Scheduled to be implemented in 31 districts of UP, the scheme envisages providing livelihood to over 30 lakh migrants, who returned to the state after the lockdown was clamped.
PM Modi and state chief minister Yogi Adityanath are scheduled to virtually reach out to the local and migrant population at 11 am for launch of flagship scheme in six of 31 target districts — Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Bahraich, Gonda, Siddharth Nagar and Jalaun.

The scheme would take in its ambit three types of beneficiaries, including those employed through ‘atmanirbhar abhiyan’ (self-reliant scheme), labourers engaged in industrial houses in the micro, small, medium enterprise (MSME) sector and those provided loans through banks and financial institutions for self-employment.
“The challenge of battling coronavirus was compounded by the need to provide basic amenities and livelihood to people who returned to UP during the lockdown,” a senior official in the state government said. Sources said, the State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM), in which beneficiaries are being provided employment through self-help groups (SHGs) would also be included in the scheme, which aims to create employment for 5-8lakh beneficiaries.
This, apart from 60 lakh people who got jobs through Centre’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS).
The scheme was kicked off from Bihar on June 20 with an initial funding of Rs 50,000 crore for 116 districts in 6 states — Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh — which witnessed significant reverse migration in the wake of lockdown. Earlier, the Union government infused a booster dose of Rs 20 lakh crore to rev up the economy.
The UP government has also conceptualised ‘Atmanirbhar UP Razgaar Abhiyan’ where in the state government would be coordinating with the Centre in implementing various schemes aimed to provide employment to the needy through industries and other organisations. The drive is also aimed to generate jobs and promote localized industries while provide employment to the people.
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