The rural development ministry is likely to update the committee on the jobs created for migrant workers under the MG-NREGS and Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan schemes; the urban development ministry on the rented housing scheme meant for migrant workers in urban areas.
Parliamentary standing committee on labour will meet senior officials of four different ministries on Friday to comprehend the progress already made and understand the road map of the schemes earmarked for returnee migrant and unorganised workers as part of the government’s overall Rs 20-lakh-crore economic package to mitigate the Covid-19 impact.
As part of the package, the government had announced various plans and programmes for the unorganised and migrant workers aimed at providing them with livelihood opportunity, with free food and food grains, and with affordable rental housing schemes, among others. Health workers were proposed to be provided with health insurance scheme, states were asked to provide cash benefit to building and construction workers and wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MG-NREGS) were increased by Rs 20/day, among others.
Source: Financial Express
