The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) was launched on 20th June 2020, for a period of 125 days, with resource envelop of Rs. 50,000 crore to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for migrant workers returning to villages and similarly affected citizens in rural area.

The Abhiyaan adopted a multipronged strategy of providing immediate employment & livelihood opportunities to the distressed, to saturate the villages with public infrastructure and creation of livelihood assets to boost the income generation activities and enhance long term livelihood opportunities by giving focus on 25 works (including works under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) in 116 selected districts across 6 States namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

The GKRA ended on 22nd October, 2020 and a total of 50.78 crore person-days employment were provided with a total expenditure of Rs. 39,293 crore during the Abhiyaan.

 

The State-wise details of expenditure incurred under the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan are given as below :

SI. No.	State	Expenditure (Rs. in crore)
1	BIHAR	10,992
2	JHARKHAND	1,396
3	MADHYA PRADESH	6,819
4	ODISHA	2,042
5	RAJASTHAN	8,715
6	UTTAR PRADESH	9,330
	Total	39,293

 

State-wise employment provided (person-days generated) under the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is given below:

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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