Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan achieved employment generation of 50.78 crore Person days with a total expenditure incurred of Rs. 39,293 crore.
About
‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ is a massive rural public works scheme to empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens.
The Abhiyaan was launched in 2020 from Village – Telihar, Block- Beldaur of Khagaria District of Bihar.
Objectives
The objectives of this 125 days Abhiyaan, with a resource envelop of Rs. 50,000 Crore are:
Provide livelihood opportunities to returning migrants and similarly affected rural citizens
Saturate villages with public infrastructure - Anganwadis, Panchayat Bhawans, Community Sanitary Complexes etc.
Set stage for enhancing longer term livelihood opportunities.
Coverage
A total of 116 Districts with more than 25,000 returnee migrant workers across six States, namely Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha have been chosen for the campaign which includes 27 Aspirational Districts. These districts are estimated to cover about 2/3 of such migrant workers.
Duration of the scheme
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) will be operational for a period of 125 days, commencing from 20th June, 2020.
Intended Beneficiaries
Returnee migrant workers and similarly affected rural population of 6 States namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
