838L new households apply for work in 13 days

Jaipur | Friday | 18th January, 2019

Summary:

Total person days generated up to January 5 (for FY 2018-19), the day campaign started, was 16.46 crore.On January 17, person days generated stood at 17.57 crore. During the 'Kaam Mango Abhiyaan', already 1.11 crore person days have been generated in 13 days. According to an official, on an average, 1.5 crore person days are generated monthly in the state. So far, special camps have been set up in 4228 gram panchayats and 41,454 new job cards have been issued at these camps. Compared to 12.33 lakh employment generated on January 17 in 2018, 21.86 lakh employment were generated on the same day in 2019..