Current Affairs Yogi Adityanath launches ‘Pravasi Raahat Mitra’ App for migrant workers

Yogi Adityanath launches ‘Pravasi Raahat Mitra’ App for migrant workers

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Yogi Adityanath launches 'Pravasi Raahat Mitra' App for migrant workers

Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath launched the ‘Pravasi Rahat Mitra’ App.
The mobile app has been developed by the state revenue department in collaboration with United Nation Development Program.

FEATURES OF APP

It is aimed at aiding migrant citizens coming to Uttar Pradesh from other states so that they can take advantage of government schemes.
It will also help to monitor their health besides providing jobs and livelihood, related to their skills.
The exchange of information by various departments of the government will help in planning and formulating programs for employment and livelihood of these migrant citizens.
The status of distribution of ration kits to migrant citizens will also be recorded in the app
It can work online as well as offline.

DATA COLLECTED BY THE APP

The app will have full details of the persons staying in the shelter center and the migrants who have reached their homes directly from other states.
The basic information of the person such as name, educational qualification, temporary and permanent address, bank account details, Corona-related screening status and experience will be taken in the app. In this, details of more than 65 types of skills will be collected.
Data of people from rural and urban areas can also be separated in the app for effective decision making.
Data collection will be done at decentralized level, such as shelter site, transit point, residence of the person.
The data collected through the app will be installed on the state-based Integrated Information Management System.

STATIC INFO (UTTAR PRADESH)