The Rajasthan Government on September 8 launched an urban employment guarantee scheme on the lines of rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA.
Salient features of Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme
- The scheme aims to provide economic support to the poor and needy families living in the cities through work to be provided on demand for 100 days in a year.
- More than 3.5 lakh people across the State got themselves registered under the scheme and the job cards were issued to 2.25 lakh of them.
- The scheme has been named after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The scheme was launched by the state chief minister with the renovation work at the 18th century Khania Ki Baori stepwell near Ambedkar Bhavan in Jaipur.
- The Urban Employment Guarantee scheme would provide work to the members aged between 18 and 60 years in the job card holder families.
- The State government had appointed committees at various levels for the scheme’s effective implementation.
- The scheme will provide employment in the segments of environment and water conservation, cleanliness and sanitation, stopping defacement of property, service-related works, convergence work and heritage conservation.
- Eligible people would get employment in areas such as tree plantation, cleaning ponds, collecting garbage and catching stray animals.
- At least 50 persons in each ward of urban local bodies would be given employment under the scheme.
- A Janaadhar card or its registration slip would be required for registration, which can be done at e-Mitra centres.
- The State government would reward the municipal bodies doing good work under the scheme.
- Payments will be made in the bank accounts of the beneficiary within 15 days.
