(The Gist of PIB) Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Yojana

[July-2020]

Prime Minister launching the scheme of Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Yojana through video conferencing.
He said that ATMANIRBHAR ABHIYAN is going to benefit Uttar Pradesh the most.

The Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Yojana is focused on generating employment for those migrant workers of the state who recently returned from other states.
Under the campaign around one crore 25 lakh people were provided employment in the state in different schemes.
The campaign is launched in 31 districts of the state. These districts have more than 25,000 returnee migrant workers.
The Prime Minister said that The ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT campaign will generate approximately 35 lakh new jobs in the agriculture sector.
He said that the state government has made arrangements of one lakh beds, constituted more than 60 thousand health teams, provided food and ration to the needy and stated various schemes for ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT.
He also has interacted with members of Self Help Groups and beneficiaries of different central and state government schemes. Under the Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Yojana, a Loan amount of more than 10600 crores has been distributed to more than 4 Lakh units.