To reach out to the urban poor, severely hit by large scale job-loss due to the coronavirus-enforced nationwide lockdown, the governments of UP and Odisha have announced that they will provide employment under new and old schemes to help the distressed labourers tide over this crisis.To reach out to the urban poor, severely hit by large scale job-loss due to the coronavirus-enforced nationwide lockdown, the governments of UP and Odisha have announced that they will provide employment under new and old schemes to help the distressed labourers tide over this crisis.