No Bengal District Included In PM Insurance Scheme As State Did Not Share Data: Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman was once answering a question by way of Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha. (Report)
New Delhi:
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday stated that West Bengal govt didn’t percentage knowledge of returning migrant labourers with the Centre and no district of the state may well be integrated as a beneficiary underneath the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan (PMGKRA).
She was once answering a question by way of Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha.
“High Minister Narendra Modi initiated PMGKRA for migrant labourers who got here again to their villages throughout the coronavirus-induced lockdown. This scheme was once presented on June 20 this yr and will likely be efficient for 125 days,” she stated.
The minister stated 116 districts unfold throughout six states – Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are making the most of this scheme.
“The collection of the districts was once made at the foundation of the go back of no less than 25,000 migrant labourers to the involved districts by way of Might 30,” she stated.
“After the release of PMGKRA, there have been calls for from Tripura and Chhattisgarh to incorporate extra districts nevertheless it was once no longer entertained. In terms of West Bengal, there was once no knowledge shared by way of the state govt then how may just the districts of the state be integrated within the scheme. The state govt additionally denied access to the migrant labourers in West Bengal in positive instances,” she added.
The scheme was once introduced to supply employment alternatives in rural spaces for migrant employees.
