Rs 50000 crore allotted for 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' will be front-loaded: FM Sitharaman

Jun 18, 2020

New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): In the media brief, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed that Rs 50,000 crore has been allotted for Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan. Sitharaman said, "Within 125 days, for 116 districts, nearly 25 schemes of the government will be brought together under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, we will reach saturation levels for each of those schemes within those 125 days." She further said, "Everyone who needs an assignment in these 116 districts will be given work under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, broad estimated expenditure for the scheme is Rs 50,000 crores, the money allotted for this will be front-loaded." Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' on June 20.