Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that youth is the measure of our progress, the medium of India’s empowerment and its axis. Continuous efforts are being made at the level of the double engine government to provide job/employment opportunities to the youth, to develop their skills and to make them technically capable. So that the youth can become technically capable and join the current campaign of nation building and give the benefit of their energy to the country and the state.
The Chief Minister was expressing his views at the district level mega employment fair and youth conference and tablet/smartphone distribution program to 3,415 students under Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Scheme at Acharya Narendra Dev Agriculture and Technology University, Ayodhya.
On this occasion, he inaugurated the district level mega employment fair. 10,676 youth registered in the employment fair, out of which 5,574 youth got employment. In the program, the Chief Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 14 projects worth about Rs 78 crore related to Acharya Narendra Dev Agriculture and Technology University.
These include the inauguration of 07 projects costing about Rs 30 crore and the foundation stone laying of 07 projects costing more than Rs 48 crore. The Chief Minister gave appointment letters to 12 youths selected by the companies.
The Chief Minister said that according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there are only four castes in the country. The first caste is poor, the second is the food-providing farmers, the third is youth and the fourth caste is half the population of the country, i.e. Nari Shakti. These castes are the origin of India. We all have to work for their empowerment. The double engine government is continuously working to achieve the goal of zero poverty in the direction of poverty eradication. Agricultural and Technology Universities, agricultural scientists and progressive farmers are working together to make the food-providing farmers prosperous and increase their income. Its good results are coming.
The Chief Minister said that the Prime Minister is working with the spirit of Beti Padhao-Beti Badhao. The first act to be passed in the new Parliament of the country to give women the right to enter the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of the states was the Nari Shakti Vandan Act dedicated to the women power. Through this, women will get the right to vote on 33 percent of the seats in the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies. Many efforts are also being made by the state government for women empowerment. Efforts that have been started in different areas, starting from the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign, are seeing good results today.
The Chief Minister expressed his happiness and said that he has got the opportunity to come before you in the program of distribution of tablets and smartphones under the Swami Vivekananda Yuva Empowerment Scheme to make the youth technically competent in this Agricultural and Technology University established in the name of Acharya Narendra Dev ji. Today, many projects have been inaugurated and foundation stones have been laid here simultaneously. We have worked to advance the future progress of the university through these projects.
These projects include strengthening of internal roads of the university main campus, strengthening of seed processing unit under National Agricultural Development Scheme, strengthening and modernization of instructional fish farm, construction of administrative building of Krishi Vigyan Kendra Sultanpur funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, construction of hostels, construction of auditorium in the university at a cost of Rs 35 crore, etc. This effort has been started to make the university capable of meeting the aspirations of today’s youth and to make their dreams come true.
Wishing a bright future for the youth who received appointment letters and smartphones/tablets, the Chief Minister said that the youth made this program a success by coming here in the rainy season and have shown their energy and talent by connecting with employment.
Around 100 companies have set up separate stalls here. The youth will come here and choose the work according to their interest. Appointment letters will be issued to the youth who are successful in the interview. They will receive a package in the company through this. The youth does a job to bring his knowledge to the practical level. Through this, he finds himself capable of fulfilling many of his needs.
Along with providing training to the youth willing to join this scheme, they will be provided an interest-free loan of Rs 05 lakh in the first phase and it will be linked with digital payment. By setting up 10 lakh MSME units, 50 lakh youth will get job and employment guarantee. The state government is going to take this scheme forward rapidly.
The Chief Minister appealed to the students doing graduation, post-graduation, ITI, Polytechnic and Engineering and said that it is necessary for every degree/diploma holder to join apprenticeship and submit the project in the last year of the course. The state government has decided that after enrolling such youth, they will be asked to complete the project work in the related subjects. While completing the project work, the work of getting the study report of those youth along with their registration will be done and they will be linked to a unit with a fixed honorarium. In which half the honorarium will be provided by the unit and half by the state government. The youth will become self-reliant when they go to the last year of their studies. They will not have to depend on their parents.
The Chief Minister said that the state government has started the system of Abhyudaya Coaching in every district for the preparation of any competitive examination like NEET, IIT, JEE, NDA, CDS, Bank PO. Abhyudaya Coaching is working to guide the students virtually and physically. Students should join it. Students studying in Abhyudaya Coaching have achieved success in large numbers in various competitive examinations. Many youths have got jobs due to this. They have moved forward with a bright future. He (Chief Minister) has come to Kumarganj in this Milkipur area today to connect the youth with their bright future. The Chief Minister said that in the last 7 years, the state has changed its perception.
Today, Uttar Pradesh has become a model of security and law and order. It has emerged as the dream destination for investment in the country and has succeeded in attracting investment from all over the world. As a result of the investment coming into the state, we have succeeded in providing jobs to lakhs of youth in their villages. More than 1 crore 62 lakh youth have got jobs and employment due to the investment made in the state. To connect with self-employment, along with many schemes like One District One Product Scheme, Vishwakarma Shram Samman Yojana and PM Vishwakarma Yojana, PM Swanidhi Yojana, PM Rojgar Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana has also paved the way for economic self-reliance.
The Chief Minister said that the state government has succeeded in providing government jobs to 6.5 lakh youth. No one can raise questions on the purity and transparency of recruitments. Jobs are being provided to the youth of the state with complete honesty. Before the year 2017, every appointment was controversial. There was injustice with the youth. No job was available without money. There was discrimination in jobs. The court had to stay the jobs. We all have come here to connect you through this job fair to make the country available the benefit of the energy and capability of the youth and to make the state the growth engine of the country.
The Chief Minister said that the double engine government will not allow any injustice to happen with the youth. The entire property of the person who plays with the lives of the youth will be confiscated and housing will be built for the poor. If any corrupt person, who plays with the youth and who breaks the security of daughters and businessmen, tries to make the state a den of anarchy, then he will have to pay the price for it.
7 years ago, there used to be riots in the state every third day. Festivals and celebrations could not be celebrated peacefully. There was a situation of mafia rule and jungle rule in the state. Now Uttar Pradesh has changed. In the new Uttar Pradesh of New India, work is being done to bring change in the lives of 25 crore people of the state by connecting them with the mainstream of development.
Before this, the Chief Minister paid tribute to Acharya Narendra Dev by offering flowers to his statue in the university campus. He also planted a sandalwood plant. He visited the stalls set up for the job fair and loan fair. The Chief Minister inspected the interview program being conducted by various companies and interacted with the candidates and representatives of the companies.
The program was also addressed by Agriculture Minister Shri Surya Pratap Shahi and Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Vocational Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Kapil Dev Agarwal.
On this occasion, Minister of State for Sports and Youth Welfare (Independent Charge) Shri Girish Chandra Yadav, Minister of State for Medical and Health Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh, Minister of State for Food and Logistics Satish Chandra Sharma along with other public representatives, Vice Chancellor Acharya Narendra Dev Agriculture and Technology University Professor Bijendra Singh, Principal Secretary Appointment and Personnel Shri M. Devraj, senior officers of the government-administration, teachers of the university, students etc. were present.
