The Centre has appointed 116 Joint Secretary level officers as central nodal officers for achieving objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan. These officers have been drawn from Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) among others.
“The nodal officers will work in close collaboration with state government officials and district magistrates/collectors/deputy commissioners as per the guidelines,” an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.
The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) of 125 days will focus on implementing 25 categories of works/activities in 116 districts, which have a large concentration of returnee migrant workers in six states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha.
The 25 works or projects will meet the needs of villages like rural housing for the poor, plantations, provision of drinking water through Jal Jeevan mission, panchayat bhavans, community toilets, rural mandis, rural roads, other infrastructure like cattle sheds, anganwadi bhavans among others.
