The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is the massive employment generation-cum-rural infrastructure creation programme of the Government of India which was inaugurated on 20th June 2020 by Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. The objective of the programme is to provide employment to returnee migrant workers (skilled) at their native places for next four months, because of the situation arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr. Tomar said that MGNREGA with an allocation of Rs. 1,01,500 crore during the current financial year is the greatest employment generator for unskilled persons. In accordance with the Prime Minister’s concerns to provide employment to lakhs of skilled workers who have returned to their native places because of the lockdown, the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan was launched with a funding of Rs. 50,000 crore on 20th June 2020. Ministry of Rural Development is the nodal Ministry and is working in coordination with 12 other ministries of the Government of India for the 25 categories of works which are to be completed in the identified districts in 125 days.
Mr. Tomar said that these ongoing works which were progressing at a normal pace as per schedule, have now been fast-tracked to transform the challenge presented by the pandemic into an opportunity to create infrastructure in rural areas in a short duration.
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar expressed happiness at the launch of the portal which besides providing information to the public about the various district-wise and scheme-wise components of the Abhiyaan. The portal 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. Mr. Nagendra Nath Sinha, Secretary, Rural Development, 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.
