jaipur chief minister ashok gehlot on monday proposed an employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor on the lines of nrega in rural areasthe chief minister during his video conference with the prime minister said a 200day guaranteed employment scheme for urban poor is needed as livelihood in the urban areas was badly hit by the lockdownthe chief minister said the centre and the state are fighting a dual battle one against corona while another to revive economic activity and livelihood he said the states finances were in bad shape due to the lockdown and without the centres liberal assistance it could not bring it back on track he asked the centre to announce the much anticipated economic package to the states at the earliest he said msmes manufacturing service tourism real estate and all other sectors need support he pointed out that the businesses which were shut for nearly two months now need support to restart operationsgehlot suggested that both the centre and states should focus on social security he asked the centre to come up with a scheme which would encompass a large section of the unemployed the unemployment rate has reached 378the chief minister also suggested that the states be given freedom to decide on earmarking zones and revival of economic activity according to the prevailing local conditionsthe chief minister again put forward the demand of increasing the crops procurement at msp to 50 from 25 and also help from the centre in locust control and management he said last year crops in 11 districts were affected by locust attack and this year also from april 11 locust attacks have been reported in the border districts which has now reached ajmerhe repeated the demand to increase net credit limit from 3 of the gdp to 5 and gst revenue compensation to the states be extended to 10 years from the present 5 years the chief minister also demanded to release the first installment of the centrally supported schemes in advancethe chief minister informed the pm that the state government has taken strengthening the health infrastructure as a challenge currently it has capacity to test 12000 corona samples daily which the government plans to increase to 25000 by the end of may he said the doubling rate of corona has increased to 18 days which is 12 at the national level while recovery rate is 57 as against 30 at national level