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Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan completes two years:
- Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) has completed two years.
- The government of India launched GKRA in 2020 for 125 days with a resource envelope of 50,000 crore rupees to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for returnee migrant workers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- A total of 12 Ministries and Departments of the Government of India participated in the Abhiyaan.
- A total of 50.78 crore person-days employment was generated during the Abhiyaan.
- During the COVID-19 pandemic period, Union Government has taken several additional measures for the benefit of workers, such as an increase of wage under MGNREGA to 202 rupees a day from 182 rupees to benefit nearly 13.62 crore families.
