Over 2 lakh man-day work provided under urban job scheme: Jharkhand government

RANCHI: Over two lakh man-days of work were created under the state government’s flagship job scheme — Mukhyamantri Shramik Yojana for urban poor — the state urban development department said on Saturday on the first anniversary of the scheme.
On the eve of Independence Day last year, chief minister Hemant Soren rolled out the scheme, which was themed on the lines of the Centre’s rural job scheme, MNREGA, to provide 100 days of work to urban migrants, who returned to their native areas owing to job losses after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Department sources said in last one year, 33,462 applications seeking work were received and 26,243 job cards were generated. “In one year, 2,32,246 man-days of work were provided, which is a great start for the state government,” an official of the urban development department said. He added that the jobs ranging from plantation to employment in different infrastructure development works initiated by the state government were provided under the scheme.