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GOVERNMENT-SWIGGY TO TAKE GKRA: ENSURING EARNING,
STREET VENDORS ONLINE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
arib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) was
s a part of Prime Minister Street Glaunched in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak to
AVendor’s AatmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM create employment opportunities for migrant work-
SVANidhi) Scheme, Ministry of Housing ers returning to their villages, and other similarly af-
and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has entered fected citizens in the rural areas across 116 districts
into an MoU with Swiggy, the leading food in 6 states. As of October 15, over Rs 33,000 Crore
ordering and delivery platform in India. This have been spent in creating 33 Crore man-days of
will bring street-food vendors on its e-com- employment under the project. Works undertaken
merce platform, giving them online access as part of the project include construction of nearly
to thousands of consumers, and help them 1,40,000 water conservation structures, 4,31,640 ru-
grow their businesses. This initiative aims ral houses, 38,287 cattle sheds, 26,459 farm ponds,
to help over 50 lakh street vendors in do- and 17,935 community sanitary complexes. A total
ing business during the ongoing COVID-19 of 7,816 works have been taken up through District
pandemic where physical distancing is the Mineral Funds, 2,123 Gram Panchayat have been
key to check the spread of the infection. To provided Internet connectivity and 22,592 works
begin with, MoHUA and Swiggy will run a pi- were related to solid and liquid waste management.
lot programme by onboarding 250 vendors Also, 65,374 people have been provided skill training
across five cities viz. Ahmedabad, Chennai, through Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
Delhi, Indore, and Varanasi. Street vendors
will be helped with PAN and FSSAI registra-
tion, training on technology/partner App us- INTERVIEW FOR JOBS
age, menu digitisation and pricing, hygiene ABOLISHED
and packaging.
nterview for jobs has been abolished in 23 States
APP LAUNCHED FOR Iand 8 Union Territories in a follow up to the aboli-
LEATHER WORKERS tion of interview for Group-B (Non- Gazetted) and
n order to provide a single platform Group-C posts in the Central Government in 2016.
Ito integrate quality assurance across Speaking from the rampart of Red Fort on August
all its services, the Leather Sector Skill 15, 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sug-
Council (LSSC) announced the launch of gested abolishing the interview and selecting can-
Skill Certification Assessment for Leather didates solely on the basis of written test. On a
Employees (SCALE) India Android App. quick follow up to the Prime Minister’s advice, the
This unique initiative aims to provide a Department of Personnel and Training undertook
one-stop solution for skilling, learning, an expeditious exercise and within three months
assessment and employment needs of completed the entire process to abolish interview
the leather and leather products industry. for recruitment in the Central Government.
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