Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, with Deputy Chief Ministers Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya distribute job letters to aspirants during the launch of the ‘Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Skill Training and Employment Sector Development Scheme’ in Lucknow on Saturday
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced plans to establish Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Skill and Employment Zones in 75 districts to provide industry-oriented training and facilitate job placements for youths and other job seekers. Launching the ‘Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Kaushal Prashikshan Evam Rozgar Kshetra Vikas Yojana’ to mark the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Yogi said the scheme has been launched in five districts in the first phase while funds have already been arranged for all 18 divisional headquarters.
The CM said India has the youngest population in the world and UP has the largest youth population in the country. he said, parties like Congress and SP considered this a burden While this is the state’s greatest strength. However, when scale is accompanied by skill, that same momentum turns into progress,” he said.
“We connected scale with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s Skill Development initiative. When skill is combined with scale, employment follows. If there is scale but no skill, momentum turns into decline.
Lashing out against the opposition, Yogi said people never thought that UP could change. Now funds were reaching beneficiaries without a single paisa disappearing on the way,” he said. “Thanks to the efforts of PM Modi, India is now among the world’s five largest economies and has become the fastest-growing economy,” he said.
“These parties patronised criminals who took control of employment opportunities. The youth had become helpless and frustrated and would migrate to other states where they were forced to conceal their identity. Congress and SP used to misappropriate funds meant for the public and had laughed at the PM’s idea of jan dhan account.