Chief Minister Hemant Soren today launched a mobile application to help more than eight lakh migrant labourers of Jharkhand stuck in different parts of the country during the nationwide lockdown. Through the App not only the database of the labourers could be made but it will also help the Government to provide them with emergency funds for sustenance.
The CM said during the launch of the App that within the next one week, the State Government will provide financial assistance by identifying the workers of the State, who are stuck in different states of the country. This amount will be transferred directly to the migrant labourers through DBT in their bank account. This amount will be at least Rs 1000. The CM said that the State Government has made an effort to reach the migrant labourers with the Jharkhand Special Assistance Scheme mobile app. Through this App, financial assistance will be provided to migrant laborers.
Soren said that the goal of the government is to provide financial assistance to the migrant labourers of the State within the coming week and day through the App. He said that the government of Jharkhand has been working with limited resources since the early days of Coronavirus spread. In the first phase of the lockdown, a team of officers has been continuously coordinating with other states to provide dry ration etc to the workers of Jharkhand trapped outside the State. The team of officers is continuously working on how to help more and more people.
The CM said that in this hour of Covid-19, the present government has full sympathy with the workers, tribals, dalits, poor, helpless people of Jharkhand. In this hour of crisis, the biggest problem is the labourers and poor people. The government is most concerned about these poor people. The CM said that due to lack of employment in the State, people migrate for employment to other states, due to sudden lockdown, the laborers were stuck where they were. He said that the period of lockdown has been extended, due to which troubles have increased. The entire system of the State government is trying to get maximum assistance in this hour of disaster.
Soren expressed confidence that the mobile App will prove to be a milestone for the help of migrant labourers. The App has been specially created by the team of officials to help the labourers and other State residents trapped in various states of the country during Lockdown 2. He said that the App will also be used by labourers, who do not have smartphones. Even if there is only one smartphone in the group, all the people of the group can still register. It is a very easy and simple one.
On this occasion, Planning cum Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon, Labour Planning and Training Minister Satyanand Bhokta, Scheduled Tribes Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Champai Soren, Health Medical Education and Family Welfare Minister Banna Gupta, Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajiv Arun Ekka, Principal Secretary AP Singh, Secretary Vinay Choubey, Secretary Sunil Kumar Singh, Press Advisor To Chief Minister Abhishek Prasad, Senior Personal Secretary to CM Sunil Srivastava and other officials were present.