Bengaluru: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed a presser to announce the launch of 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' to boost opportunities for livelihood in rural India. The campaign will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 20.

A release by the PMO in this regard said, "Government of India has decided to launch a massive rural public works scheme 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' to empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens.” 

Here are the key points from the finance minister's address, as reported by Times of India. 

* Within 125 days, for 116 districts, nearly 25 schemes of the government will be brought together under the 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan', we will reach saturation levels for each of those schemes within those 125 days: Sitharaman

*  Villages across 116 districts in the six states will join this programme through the Common Service Centres and Krishi Vigyan Kendras.

* The campaign will be spread across 125 days and aims to work in mission mode to help migrant workers.

* It will involve intensified and focused implementation of 25 different types of works to provide jobs and create infrastructure in the rural regions of the country with a resource envelope of Rs 50,000 crore.

* A total of 116 districts with more than 25,000 "returnee" migrant workers across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha have been chosen for the campaign.

* The scheme will be a coordinated effort by 12 different ministries, including rural development, panchayati raj, road transport and highways, mines, drinking water and sanitation, environment, railways, petroleum and natural gas, new and renewable energy, border roads, telecom and agriculture.

* We are able to say approximately 116 districts, spread over 6 states in all have received substantial number of migrant workers: FM

* Combined outlay of the programme will be Rs 50,000 crore.

* The central and state governments have meticulously mapped the skill sets of the migrant workers who have returned in large numbers to the 116 districts in six states: FM