Lucknow: In order to provide employment to migrant workers, who have returned from various parts of the country amid coronavirus crisis, and other jobless people of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is all set to announce employment for one crore people on June 26.
UP would become the first state in the country to give employment to one crore people in one go, setting a new record of sorts.
Migrant workers who have returned to the state during lockdown will be major beneficiaries, the official sources said, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to participate in the event via video-conferencing.
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) will be a major contributor to employment since nearly 50 per cent of total jobs being created in Uttar Pradesh are under this scheme.
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The Chief Minister had asked authorities to do skill mapping of migrant workers returning to Uttar Pradesh so that they can then be provided work according to their skills.
As per the government spokesman, Uttar Pradesh has about 1.80 crore MGNREGS job cardholders. Out of them, 85 lakh have been active.
Besides restoration of rivers, construction of rural roads, digging of ponds and pits for plantation drives and other such work is being carried out under the rural job scheme to provide work to people.
