Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abiyan

IN NEWS:

• Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' to boost opportunities for livelihood in rural India.

ABOUT THE SCHEME:

• Villages across 116 districts in the six states will join this programme through the Common Service Centres and Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
• The campaign will be spread across 125 days and aims to work in mission mode to help migrant workers.
• It will involve intensified and focused implementation of 25 different types of works to provide jobs and create infrastructure in the rural regions of the country.
• 25,000 "returnee" migrant workers across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha have been chosen for the campaign.
• The scheme will be a coordinated effort by 12 different ministries, including rural development, Panchayati raj, road transport and highways, mines, drinking water and sanitation, environment, railways, petroleum and natural gas, new and renewable energy, border roads, telecom and agriculture.
• Combined outlay of the programme will be Rs 50,000 crore.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. Consider the following statements regarding Garib Kalyan Rozgar Yojana:

1. It will be implemented in 21 states of India initially.
2. The outlay for the program is 50,000 crores

Which of the statements given above is/are correct:

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to Prelims question