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Covid-19: PM Modi launches 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar' scheme for migrant workers

Prime Minister launched the Rs 50,000 crore programme that brings together 25 different govt schemes under one umbrella via video-conferencing

PM Narendra Modi launches 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' through video conferencing. Photo: ANI
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PM Narendra Modi launches 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' through video conferencing. Photo: ANI

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
With a view to increase rural employment, especially among migrant workers who have returned home during the Covid-19 lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan. The programme, launched from village Telihar in Bihar's Khagaria district was launched by the prime minister via video-conferencing.

"Today is a historic day, a scheme for the welfare and for the livelihood of the poor has been started. It is dedicated to the workers, to the youths and women living in villages. The majority of these include those who have returned to their villages during the lockdown, they want to