Lok Sabha Question No. 143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Schemes for Providing Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 143 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.09.2020

## SCHEMES FOR PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT

†143. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)the  names  of  the  schemes  being  run  by  the  Government  for providing  employment  to  the  migrant  workers  across  the  country who returned to their respective states during the Corona pandemic times;
- (b)the names of such schemes particularly being run in Chhattisgarh; and
- (c)the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  by  the  Government  for  the  said
- works/schemes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (c): No  State  specific  scheme  has  been  announced  by  the Central Government. However, Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched various schemes for migrant workers who have returned to their native places. One  of the schemes  is Anganwadi services which has been extended to children of migrant workers. Ministry of Food processing industries have sanctioned 700 food  processing/preservation  and  infrastructure  projects  in  which migrant labourers will get employment. To provide employment to the migrant  workers  Ministry  of  Transport  and  Highways  has  identified the  ongoing  works/new  works  for  the  road  construction.  Ministry  of Steel assisted migrant workers and their families with food packets and face mask, milk powder etc. The Department of Bio Technology has  set  up  30  Biotech  -  Kisan  hubs  in  the  country  covering  all Agroclimatic zones, 150 Districts including 101 aspirational districts

which  will  help  migrant  workers  to  earn  their  livelihood  through farming and expose them to the innovative methods of farming of high value crops. Apart from this, in order to mitigate the financial crisis of the migrant workers and protect them against the economic disruptions  due  to  the  outbreak  of  Covid-19  pandemic  and  Countrywide lockdown the Central Government has taken numerous measures  to  provide  them  financial  assistance,  food  packages  and other  benefits.  The  Central  Government  has  already  enacted  the Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions  of  Service)  Act,  1979  to  safeguard  the  interest  of  the migrant workers which inter-alia provides for registration of establishments  employing  Inter-State  Migrant  workers,  Licensing  of contractors etc. Migrant workers employed with such establishments are to be provided statutory wages as per the rule in force, journey allowance, displacement allowance, residential accommodation, medical facilities and protective clothing etc. The Central Government has issued comprehensive Advisory Guidelines on 27.07.2020  to  all  the  States/UTs  for  the  welfare  of  the  migrant workers returning to the destination States in the backdrop of Covid 19.  The  States/UTs  have  been  advised  to  take  adequate  steps  to streamline the migration of the workers to mitigate the hardships of migrant workers returning to the destination States/UTs. The States/UTs have been advised to implement the advisory guidelines by  quickly  gearing  up  their  labour  Law  enforcement  machinery  and ensuring  statutory  compliance  by  all  the  stake-holders  which  could provide migrant workers much needed help to mitigate the financial crisis and empower them to deal with the pandemic. The States/UTs have  also  been  advised  to  maintain  updated  data  of  the  migrant workers  to  facilitate  the  administration  to  extend  benefits  of  the welfare schemes of the Government to the migrant workers.

In  order  to  ensure  relief  measures  not  only  for  the  poor people  and  migrant  workers  but  also  their  families/dependents  in  a sustainable manner, To boost employment and livelihood opportunities for migrant workers returning to villages, in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, Government of India has launched Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on 20th June 2020. The Abhiyaan focuses on durable rural infrastructure and providing modern facilities like internet in the villages.  Skill  Mapping  of  the  rural  migrant  labour  is  being  done  to help them work closer home. The Abhiyaan involves  intensified  and

focused implementation of 25 target driven works to provide employment  and  create  infrastructure  in  the  rural  areas  of  116 districts of 6 States with a resource envelope of Rs 50,000 crore.

Government  of  India  has  also  launched  PM  SVANidhi Scheme  to facilitate collateral free working capital loan upto Rs.10,000/-  of  one-year  tenure,  to  approximately,  50  lakh  street vendors, to resume their businesses.

Government has taken various steps for generating employment  in  the  country  like  increasing  public  expenditure  on schemes such as Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme  (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Deendyal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  is  implementing  a  flagship  scheme  known  as  the Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  VikasYojana  (PMKVY)  2016-20  with  an objective  to  provide  skilling  to  one  crore  people  under  Short  Term Training  (STT)  and  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  across  the country for four years i.e. 2016-2020.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has been initiated by Government inter  alia  for  facilitating  self-employment.  Under  PMMY collateral  free  loans  upto  Rs.  10  lakh,  are  extended  to  micro/small business  enterprises  and  to  individuals  to  enable  them  to  setup  or expand their business activities.

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