Govt to provide jobs to 6.7 mn migrant workers by pooling official projects

Will frontload expenditure of Rs 50,000 crore in next 125 days towards 25 areas of work in 116 districts spread across six states

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government will provide jobs to over 6 million migrant workers in six states by bringing together various government schemes.

Based on data gathered from states, the government has estimated around 10 million workers have migrated back to their villages after the national lockdown was enforced in March-end to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The Centre will front-load Rs 50,000 crore of funds for the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, which will focus on migrant workers who had returned to their villages after a nationwide lockdown was enforced in March-end to contain