Chief Minister Shramik Yojana launched by Chief Minister Hemant Soren for unskilled labourers residing in the city is proving to be a boon for them. Labourers residing in the 51 municipal bodies of the State are benefiting from it.
The Covid-19 pandemic came up with many allied problems, one major problem was unemployment. To address this issue, Chief Minister Shri Hemant Soren launched this scheme to create employment opportunities for labourers.
For the daily wage labourers, this period was like a disaster. Millions of migrant workers returned to their homes. In such a situation, the Mukhyamantri Shramik Yojana was launched on August 14, 2020. The scheme aims to benefit about 31 per cent of the urban population who are living below the poverty line.
Intensive work is being done to benefit the poor families from this scheme. This scheme not only guarantees employment to the labourers but also ensures that employment has to be given within 15 days of the registration. If the beneficiary doesn’t have employment, he/she is entitled to receive an unemployment allowance.
The vision of the Chief Minister is sound and clear that no poor labourer should suffer due to lack of money.
Within a few months of the launch of the scheme, positive results started to come to the fore. Since the launch, 25,515 applications have been received by the administration and more than 18, 983 job cards have been issued. 2407 out 2979 workers got jobs who asked for jobs from the government. Maximum work related applications have been received from Dhanbad (4779) and Ranchi(1882). All workers seeking employment are being involved in a range of development activities such as infrastructure development, road construction, drainage construction, plantation, park beautification under Amrit Yojana, sanitation and river-pond beautification work under Swachh Bharat Mission, building construction work under Pradhan Mantri Awas Urban Yojana,rain water
harvesting, construction work and developmental works being carried out by other departments.
If there is any urban unskilled labourer, who has attained 18 years of age or above, they can get a free job card under Mukhyamantri Shramik Yojana with a 100 days employment guarantee in a year.
Labourers who come to the city for wage-earning and do not possess MGNREGA job card can also take advantage of this scheme.
The free job card can be obtained from Pragya Kendra, through the online portal itself, by writing a written application to the CRP Didi or local civic body.