The Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) on Sunday announced that the State Government is striving for providing livelihood to people and also protecting them from Coronavirus.
In the meeting of the State Congress Relief Monitoring (Covid-19) committee at the residence of party JPCC Chief and Finance Minister of the State, Rameshwar Oraon, reviewed the current situation and the actions being carried out were also reviewed. JPCC Spokesperson Alok Kumar Dubey, Lal Kishore Nath Shahdev and Rajesh Gupta were present in the meeting.
Speaking after the meeting Oraon said that the State Government is moving towards providing a means of livelihood to all along with protecting the people of the State from Coronavirus. “An attempt is being made to normalize life the State Government has given many exemptions in lockdown, but still a large number of migrant workers are coming from outside Jharkhand. Positive cases are also increasing per day,” he added.
The Finance Minister said that representatives of the textile business, shoe shop owners, cinema hall owners, parlor owner, malls owner and many other businesses are also constantly meeting him. He assured them that the Government is also concerned about them, but keeping in mind the situation, everyone has to be patient, and very soon the Government will take decision in their favor.
“The Government will decide on further relaxation in lockdown after due deliberations. During this time, several steps have been taken to provide food grains to every needy family and the poor,” said Oraon.
Congress Legislature Party Leader cum Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam said that this is the first time since 2015, when the State Government has provided employment to 6.42 lakh people in the State through MNREGA. After the implementation of the MNREGA scheme, providing employment to six lakh forty two thousand laborers in Jharkhand is a major achievement of the Government.
“The State Government aims to provide employment to 10 lakh people through MNREGA. The rainy season is about to come, during this time the Government has prepared a detailed action plan to provide employment to the people through various schemes. Apart from this the activities of construction sector will also be encouraged so that people could get employment in the sector,” said Alam.