Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan today completed two years.<br />'' Government of India launched GKRA on 20th June in 2020 for a period of 125 days with a resource envelope of 50,000 crore rupees to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for returnee migrant workers in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.<br />''   <br />'' The objectives of the Abhiyaan were to provide immediate employment and livelihood opportunities to the distressed, to saturate the villages with public infrastructure and to create public assets to boost the income generation activities and enhance long term livelihood opportunities by giving focus on 25 works in 116 selected districts across six states Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. A total of 12 Ministries and Departments of Government of India participated in the Abhiyaan. A total of 50.78 crore person-days employment was generated during the Abhiyaan.<br />''   <br />'' During COVID-19 pandemic period, Union Government has taken several additional measures for the benefits of workers, such as, increase of wage under MGNREGA to 202 rupees a day from 182 rupees to benefit nearly 13.62 crore families. Government also created 39.51 lakh new job opportunities by crediting 2,583 crores in EPF accounts under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY).