Rs 50,000-cr job scheme for returned migrants

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 18

“We have found that migrant workers returned in large numbers to 116 districts spread over six states — Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan. The government will pool 25 projects to give jobs to migrant workers who have returned amid the Covid crisis. The government will frontload Rs 50,000 crore for the cause. The top priority is to provide immediate relief to migrant workers who have returned home,’’ the Finance Minister said.

Mapping skills

The government has mapped the skill sets of migrants. Nearly three-fourths of the surveyed migrants are skilled. They will be offered jobs in construction work, laying of fibre optic cables and horticultural activities. —Nirmala Sitharaman, FM

Activities, otherwise spread over 25 schemes in a period of six months to a year, would be frontloaded so that there was no dearth of money. “No issue will hamper the scheme.

As we go along, we will see how many will stay back for continued employment,” the Union Minister said.

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