Nearly 100,000 people get work under urban job scheme in Rajasthan

Around 100,000 people have received jobs in less than a week of the launch of Rajasthan government’s scheme to provide 100 days of employment in a year to families in urban areas, a senior official said on Thursday.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched the Indira Gandhi Shehari Rojgar Yojana on September 9 for people aged between 18 and 60 years old. So far, job cards for more than 245,000 families have been made, and 383,639 people of these families are included in job cards.

Also, 139,798 beneficiaries from 96,452 families have demanded jobs so far. “The number is increasing. There is a