'Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana' was launched as a part of _________.

Concept — India's COVID-19 fiscal response was delivered not as one announcement but as a numbered series of stimulus tranches, each unveiled by the Union Finance Ministry on its own date and carrying its own bundle of measures. To place any scheme within the series, match the date on which that scheme was announced with the tranche announced on the same date: the tranche number is fixed by the announcement date, not by the scheme's subject matter.

Application — Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) was announced by the Union Finance Minister on 12 November 2020, in the same statement that unveiled the third tranche of the package, and it stood first among the twelve measures of that tranche. ABRY was an employment-generation incentive routed through the EPFO: for new formal-sector employees hired on or after 1 October 2020 with monthly wages below ₹15,000, the Central Government bore the provident-fund contributions for two years - both the employee's 12% and the employer's 12% in establishments employing up to 1,000 people, and the employee's 12% share alone in larger establishments. Because the scheme's announcement date is 12 November 2020, it belongs to the third tranche.

Cross-check — the three numbered tranches of the 2020 package:

• Aatmanirbhar Bharat 1.0 — announced in May 2020, the roughly ₹20 lakh crore Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, spelt out over five daily briefings covering MSME credit guarantee, free foodgrain, agriculture and structural reforms.

• Aatmanirbhar Bharat 2.0 — announced on 12 October 2020, a demand-side push built around the LTC Cash Voucher Scheme, the festival advance and additional capital expenditure by the Centre and the States.

• Aatmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 — announced on 12 November 2020, twelve measures worth about ₹2.65 lakh crore, opening with the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana.

• No fourth numbered tranche was announced in the 2020 Aatmanirbhar Bharat series, so a 4.0 package has no place in this chronology.

Hence 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana' was launched as a part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 package.