CM Yogi's announcement, 25 lakh youth will get tablets, one lakh will get jobs!

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Lord Birsa Munda and Tribal Pride Day, while launching the second phase of Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Scheme, announced to give tablets to 25 lakh more youth of the state. He said that by January 26, appointment letters for government jobs will also be given to more than one lakh youth.

In a grand function organized at Rashtra Prerna Sthal, the Chief Minister distributed tablets to more than 53 thousand students of Lucknow, Sitapur, Hardoi and Unnao.

He said that in the first phase, tablets and smartphones have been given to 60 lakh youth. Along with making the youth digitally capable, the government is also providing them new opportunities for employment and self-employment. The Chief Minister said that the tablets being given in the hands of the youth today will make the path of their education, skill development and employment easier.

The government, in collaboration with Infosys, has provided free digital study material of more than 18 thousand courses. These include modern subjects like Yoga, Artificial Intelligence and Deep Tech. Through the Yuva Sathi app, you will get information about the schemes of the Central and State Government including Scholarship, Chief Minister Kanya Sumangala Yojana, PM and CM Internship, Chief Minister Youth Entrepreneur Development Campaign and PM Mudra.

The Chief Minister told the students not to use the tablet only for entertainment, but make it a medium to increase knowledge and build the future. The Chief Minister said that this scheme was started on 25 December 2021, on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, after the studies of students were affected during the Corona epidemic.

Then a resolution was taken to provide digital devices to two crore youth. The study conducted from IIM Lucknow revealed encouraging results. On the demand of youth, now priority is being given to distribution of tablets in place of smartphones. The Chief Minister said that India is the youngest nation in the world with 56% of its population being youth.

He said that Uttar Pradesh is the youngest state in the country, where 56 to 60% of the population belongs to the youth group. He said that the state government has considered the population of 25 crores not as a burden but as a demographic dividend. The youth who were facing identity crisis before 2017, today proudly call themselves residents of Uttar Pradesh. The double engine government has destroyed the mafia by adopting a policy of zero tolerance towards crime and criminals. Today there is no curfew, no riot in UP and everything is fine.

CM Yogi said that in the last nine and a half years, more than 9.50 lakh youth of the state have been given government jobs. Recruitment of eight thousand accountants and 32 thousand policemen has been completed. Verification process is going on.

Officials have been instructed not to delay appointments unnecessarily in the name of verification. Preparations are on to give appointment letters to 42 thousand home guards in the next ten days. There will also be a large number of appointments through the Education Department, Public Service Commission and Subordinate Services Selection Commission.

He said that recently appointment letters have been distributed to 3,568 scientists of the Education Department, 1,375 of Panchayati Raj Department, 470 of Sports Quota, 28 scientists of Forensic Department, 4,543 Sub-Inspectors of Police and 1,146 junior assistants of Revenue Department.

Attacking SP, the Chief Minister said that earlier as soon as the recruitment was over, the uncle-nephew duo would set out for recovery. One could not get a job without expenditure slip. Someone used to take the exam and someone else used to get appointed. Instead of giving jobs to the youth, the SP government created Munna Bhai. After the formation of the government, such appointments had to be cancelled.

He said that today recruitments are being done with complete transparency and honesty. The crackdown on copying mafia has been tightened. The properties of those who are playing with the future of the youth have been confiscated. The Chief Minister said that earlier there was mafia rule in the state.

Today there is rule of law. The policy of zero tolerance against criminals and mafia has changed the identity of the state. He made the youth raise slogans, 'No curfew in UP, no riots, everything is fine in UP.' . Through AKTU, 500 youth were selected in BrahMos and its associated units.

He said that BrahMos missile in Operation Sindoor made Pakistan realize the military strength of India. AK-203 rifle is being manufactured in Amethi, while its parts are being made in Kanpur.

With the increasing investment in defense production, the youth of the state are getting new employment opportunities. The Chief Minister said that before the year 2017, there were only 120 startups in the state. Today more than 25 thousand startups are active.

More than three crore people have got employment from 96 lakh MSME units of the state. 55 percent of mobile phones and 60 percent of electronic components manufactured in the country are being manufactured in Uttar Pradesh.

He told that there were only 100 employees in the HCL unit of Lucknow in the year 2017 whereas today 18 thousand youth are working. Investment proposals worth Rs 50 lakh crore have come in the state.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Economic and Industrial Zone will be developed in every district. There are preparations to build an industrial city on 56 thousand acres in Bundelkhand. The government's effort is that the youth should not become job seekers but become job providers to others.

The Chief Minister said that Uttar Pradesh is producing more than two lakh graduates every year in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Companies like Tata, Samsung, Hinduja and HCL are cooperating in training the youth as per the needs of the industries.

Referring to the Institute of Forensic Sciences established on 110 acres of land in Lucknow, he said that earlier this land was occupied by the mafia. The government removed the encroachment and established an institute, where today the youth are getting education in modern forensic techniques.

Paying tribute to Lord Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary, the Chief Minister said that at the age of just 25, he had shaken the foundations of the British rule. He inspired the youth to take big resolutions by citing the examples of Lord Shri Ram, Shri Krishna, Swami Vivekananda, Rani Lakshmibai and the revolutionaries of Kakori.

He said that 56 to 60 percent of the state's population is youth. On the strength of this youth power, Uttar Pradesh has emerged from the identity of a sick state and has become one of the three biggest economies of the country. He also appealed to the eligible youth who complete 18 years of age on January 1, 2027 to register their names in the voter list.