Over 1 million man-days of work generated under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan: RailwaysThe railway has identified many rail works being executed under this scheme. They include construction and maintenance of approach roads fo...
27 Sep, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
Generated over 9 lakh mandays of work under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan in six states: RailwaysTill September 18, 12,276 workers have been engaged in the scheme and the payment of Rs 2056.97 crore has been released to the contractors ...
20 Sep, 2020, 03.24 PM IST
Govt seeks application for demand-based training under Garib Kalyan Rojgar AbhiyanSkills development ministry has so far received data of 2,79,736 shortlisted candidates from 99 districts.A total of 35 sectors have been p...
18 Aug, 2020, 03.52 PM IST
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to address press conference today at 4 pmIn a tweet, the finance ministry said that the press conference will be a curtain raiser for the PM Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, Rs 50,000...
18 Jun, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
PM Modi to launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on June 20This massive rural public works scheme will empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens...
18 Jun, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
Centre looks to sharpen its outreach and aid measures in 116 districts of six statesThe 116 ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan Districts’ have been identified on the basis of data mapped by district collectors across states. Of th...
05 Jun, 2020, 07.20 AM IST
View: India should use migrant labour crisis to transform economy, societyPrivations undergone by our migrant workers have awakened us to urgently address underlying poverty and inequity and create supportive ecos...
04 Jun, 2020, 12.06 AM IST
Plan on cards to keep tabs on migrants going homeThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is working on a new protocol for surveillance of migrants who moved home from cities to ensur...
29 May, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
Migrants walk through 'hell' to reach 'heaven' in Bihar but stare at uncertain futureHungry and exhausted, these migrant workers are arriving at Sonathu and other villages in Bihar's Aurangabad district from places as far-of...
25 May, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
Covid-19: 8% of migrants in Bihar test positive, state stares at big countThe no. of migrant workers testing positive for Covid-19 since returning to their native Bihar increased to 651, or 8% of the 8,337 results...
19 May, 2020, 01.35 PM IST
Assam to provide job cards to returnee migrantsSonowal asked the Industries Department to prepare district wise list of MSMEs for providing benefits to the sector under Rs 20 lakh crore ...
17 May, 2020, 11.38 PM IST
COVID-19: Uttarakhand using 'ghost' villages as quarantine centresPoor infrastructure, difficult living conditions and lack of employment have been cited as the reasons for the mass migration of locals fro...
15 May, 2020, 01.14 PM IST
COVID-19: Guidelines issued for RT-PCR based pool sampling of migrants, returnees from abroadThe same testing technique would also be used for monitoring in green zones districts which have reported no cases till now or in the last ...
14 May, 2020, 02.58 PM IST
Odisha trains 1.72 lakh health personnel to combat COVID-19 in stateThe state government has trained 1,72,499 health personnel to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, Chief Secretary A K Tripathy said w...
09 May, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
J&K chalks out plan for phase-wise return of stranded peopleThe government has already initiated the process of bringing back students and labourers stuck in other states in a very controlled and reg...
03 May, 2020, 02.23 PM IST
The homecoming of Gulf returnees: From remittance riches to loans for poultry farmsIn Malappuram district, Gulf returnees line up daily in front of the office of Kerala State Pravasi Welfare Development Co-operative Societ...
27 Mar, 2019, 10.49 AM IST
New package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits in to the ValleyThose returnee families, who may not be provided transit accommodation, would be given rental and incidental expenses.
08 Jun, 2014, 11.44 AM IST