Union Minister jighlights Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam as Transformative Reform (See 'Corp Brief') Bizu Festival Celebrations highlight Cultural Pride and Policy Dialogue on Tribal Development (See 'Corp Brief') India, Kuwait emphasize Dialogue Over Conflict to Secure Energy and Trade Supplies (See 'Corp Brief') Misc - There is no right in borrower to personal hearing by banks before classifying their account as fraud account: SC (See 'Legal Desk') Manohar Lal holds Key Engagements on Infrastructure and Development Cooperation (See 'Corp Brief') CARI Bengaluru gets ISO 15189:2022 Accreditation in Biochemistry (See 'Corp Brief') NI Act - At stage of issuance of process, statutory presumption u/s 139 of NI Act cannot be dislodged in summary manner merely by contending that cheque issued was not for legally enforceable debt: SC (See 'Legal Desk') Barabanki to Bahraich Highway to become Key Cross-Border Trade Lifeline (See 'Corp Brief') Advanced Agriculture fest kicks off in Raisen in MP (See 'Corp Brief') PMLA - Sec 2(1)(u) permits attachment of any property of equivalent value, including properties acquired prior to commission of scheduled offence, which are untraceable: SAFEMA (See 'Legal Desk') NTWB welcomes Jan Vishwas Amendments (See 'Corp Brief') IPR - Controller of Patent would decide whether differences, viewed in knowledge of alleged invention, constitute steps which would have been obvious to ordinary person skilled in art and rule out hindsight approach: HC (See 'Legal Desk') Anand Kumar Pal joins MoF as Chief Cost Adviser (See 'Corp Brief') IPR - Generic disclosure does not, by itself, defeat novelty of specific disclosure; Prior art that teaches away from claimed invention cannot serve as foundation for anticipation: HC (See 'Legal Desk') India-GCC reaffirms commitment to Regional Stability (See 'Corp Brief') IPR - Prior user of trademark has superior rights over subsequent user who holds registration for same or similar mark: HC (See 'Legal Desk') India-Bahrain stresses stability, Supply Chain Resilience and Stronger Economic Ties (See 'Corp Brief') Company Law - Sourcing pre-condition deposit unlawfully from corporate funds in direct violation of Sec 185, or executing settlement agreements without effectuating actual refunds or delivering legally valid & habitable possession, is illegal: SC (See 'Legal Desk') Supreme Court Clears Path For Single Insolvency Proceedings Against Linked Group Companies (See CORP EINSICHT)

Print

Tomar launches Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan portal

Published: Jun 27, 2020

By TIOLCORPLAWS News Service

NEW DELHI, JUNE 27, 2020: Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, yesterday launched the web portal of the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan through video conferencing from New Delhi. The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is the massive employment generation-cum-rural infrastructure creation programme of the Government of India which was inaugurated on 20 th June 2020 by Prime Minister with the objective of providing employment to returnee migrant workers at their native places for next four months, because of the situation arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. The video conference was attended by Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Secretary, Rural Development Mr Nagendra Nath Sinha, 116 Central Nodal Officers appointed by the Government for monitoring the implementation of the Abhiyaan in the identified districts, and top officials of the Ministries and State Governments associated with the Abhiyaan.

Mr Narendra Singh Tomar expressed happiness at the launch of the portal which besides providing information to the public about the various district-wise and scheme-wise components of the Abhiyaan, will also help to monitor the progress of completion of the works being undertaken with a fund outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore in 116 districts of 6 states, where there are more than 25000 returnee migrant workers per district. Mr Tomar said that the Union Government in coordination with the State Governments has been successful in dealing with the difficult situation created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Because of the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi, even during the period of lockdown, activities related to agriculture, small industries and implementation of government welfare and development schemes continued to function in order to alleviate livelihood problems of poor people.

Mr Tomar said that MGNREGA with an allocation of Rs 1,01,500 crore during the current financial year is the greatest employment generator for unskilled persons. In accordance with the Prime Minister's concerns to provide employment to lakhs of skilled workers who have returned to their native places because of the lockdown, the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan was launched with a funding of Rs. 50,000 crore on 20 th June 2020 for which the Ministry of Rural Development is the nodal Ministry, working in close coordination with 12 other ministries of the Government of India for the 25 categories of works which are to be completed in the identified districts in 125 days. Mr Tomar said that these ongoing works which were progressing at a normal pace as per schedule, have now been fast-tracked to transform the challenge presented by the pandemic into an opportunity to create infrastructure in rural areas in a short duration.

TIOL CORP SEARCH

TIOL GROUP WEBSITES

taxindiaonline
taxindiainternational
tioltube
TKF
TIOLawards
A TIOL Website. Copyright © 2025 TIOLcorplaws.com All rights reserved.