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17 Jun 2020 6 min read
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Skill Development Employment
Why in News
Recently, the Jal Shakti Ministry has announced that the labourers returning to
their home states due to covid-19, will be deployed for the Jal Jeevan Mission.
The Jal Jeevan Mission aims for providing piped drinking water to all rural
households by 2024.
The Jal Shakti Ministry is the nodal ministry for the implementation of the
scheme.
Key Points
The Jal Shakti Ministry has directed various States that returning labour,
especially those working in the construction sector (skilled, unskilled and
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semi-skilled), may be deployed to expedite the completion of works under
the scheme.
SigniWcance:
It is an arrangement that could provide employment to the currently
unemployed workers.
The mission is being used as a way to ameliorate some of the effects of
the mass migration of inter-State workers back to their home States in
the wake of the Covid -19 pandemic.
Need:
Huge Demand for Work: It has been created because of workers
returning to their home states from different parts of the country.
It is clear from the fact that allocations under the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) have already
been hiked by ₹40,000 crore over and above the ₹60,000 crore already
allocated.
While the MGNREGA is an old programme, the new Jal Jeevan
Mission also has funds.
Tap Water Connections: There is a need for tap water connections in several
households under the mission.
A revalidation exercise of households and status of tap water found that
out of 19.04 crore rural households in the country, 3.23 crore
households had tap connections and 15.81 crore households have to be
provided functional tap connections.
Apart from the ₹11,000 crore in the budget, ₹12,000 crore has been
allocated from extra budgetary allowances, and 50% of the ₹60,750 crore
allocated by the 15th Finance Commission for rural local bodies is tied to
grants for water bodies and sanitation.
Construction Sector: Skill mapping by various State governments has shown
that a majority of inter-State workers returning home are from the
construction sector.
In Uttar Pradesh alone, 16 lakh out of the 18 lakh migrant labour mapped
till now are from this sector.
The State has assured funding of ₹3,382 crore under the Jal Jeevan
Mission which would be utilised in providing employment in rural areas to
returning migrants.
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returning migrants.
Jal Jeevan Mission
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) envisages supply of 55 litres of water per
person per day to every rural household through Functional
Household Tap Connections (FHTC) by 2024.
JJM focuses on integrated demand and supply-side management
of water at the local level.
Creation of local infrastructure for source sustainability
measures as mandatory elements, like rainwater harvesting,
groundwater recharge and management of household
wastewater for reuse, would be undertaken in convergence with
other government programmes/schemes.
The Mission is based on a community approach to water and
includes extensive Information, Education and Communication as a
key component of the mission.
JJM looks to create a jan andolan for water, thereby making it
everyone’s priority.
Funding Pattern: The fund sharing pattern between the Centre and
states is 90:10 for Himalayan and North-Eastern States, 50:50 for
other states, and 100% for Union Territories.
The total allocation to the scheme is over ₹3 lakh crore.
Jal Shakti Ministry
The government has created a new ministry called ‘Jal Shakti’ after
merging Ministries of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga
Rejuvenation along with Drinking Water and Sanitation.
‘Jal Shakti’ ministry will encompass issues ranging from providing
clean drinking water, international and inter-states water disputes,
to the Namami Gange project aimed at cleaning Ganga and its
tributaries, and sub-tributaries.
The ministry will roll out the government’s ambitious plan (‘Nal se
Jal’ scheme under Jal Jeevan Plan) to provide piped water
connection to every household in India by 2024.
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Way Forward
While the National Skill Development Mission was successful to create a
pool of manpower skilled in masonry, plumbing, htting, electricity etc, there is
a growing realisation that returning inter-State labour could be deployed in
different sectors due to the prevailing situation of Covid -19.
There is a need to encourage all States to consider the existing skill
development plans and provide employment to migrant workers.
There is a requirement of a strategic framework to provide the returning
citizens with suitable employment opportunities through discussions with
key stakeholders including State Governments, Industry Associations and
Employers.
Source: TH
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