₹5,000 crore to 3.25 crore women under the Jan Dhan Yojana in the last few months, Modi added.Last week, Modi had virtually launched the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan with the aim to provide employment to migrant workers who returned to their villages during the two month long nationwide lockdown imposed to curb spread of coronavirus.
Both Bihar, where the scheme was first launched last week, and Uttar Pradesh are two of the most hit states due to reverse migration over the last three months which was triggered due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to control the spread of coronavirus pandemic.The Centre had chosen 116 worst affected districts by reverse migration across six states.