Launch of Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan by PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a massive employment cum rural public works campaign named ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ to empower and provide livelihood opportunities in areas/ villages witnessing large number of returnee migrant workers affected by the devastating COVID-19. The Abhiyaan was flagged off from village Telihar, Block Beldaur, district Khagaria, Bihar on June 20 (Saturday) through Video-Conference by the Prime Minister. This Abhiyaan of 125 days, will work in mission mode and involve focused implementation of 25 categories of works/ activities in 116 districts, each with a large concentration of returnee migrant workers in the 6 states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha.