Bhubaneswar : Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced a special package for the migrant workers that ensures livelihood support, employment linked skill development, asset creation and aims to reduce distress migration.
The package would benefit around 10 lakh people in four migration-prone districts—- Bargarh, Balangir, Nuapada and Kalahandi– of the state. People in 20 vulnerable blocks in the above four migration-prone districts would get additional 100 days of work in a year under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which generally guarantees 100 days of work in a year.
Naveen also announced to hike wage to Rs 286.30 per day for the unskilled workers under the rural job scheme for these 20 blocks. At present, the unskilled workers are entitled only Rs 188 per day. To ensure timely and uninterrupted payment to those engaged in MGNREGA works, the chief minister announced a corpus of Rs 500 crore.
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“All gram panchayats in these 20 blocks will be covered as intensive gram panchayats under Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM). Each family in these areas will be brought under the self-help group (SHG) fold. Financial assistance from community investment fund (CIF) and Vulnerability Reeducation Fund (VRF) will be extended to these SHGs,” said Naveen.
The CIF (one-time assistance of Rs 10,000 to 15,000) is being provided under the OLM as resources to strengthen the financial management capacity of the SHGs. Similarly, the VRF also provided under OLM to address vulnerabilities like food security, health security and to meet daily needs of vulnerable persons.
Any person in distress can approach the local BDO for availing the VRF, said official sources.
As part of the action plan, one eligible youth from every household (18 to 35 years) will be covered under placement linked skill development programme under the OLM.
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