Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 26 (ANI): Inaugurating the three-day ‘Rozgar Mahakumbh 2025’ in Lucknow on Tuesday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath introduced that each youth employed in Uttar Pradesh might be assured minimal wages, ending any scope for employee exploitation. He stated firms should pay their workers pretty, whereas the state authorities will bear any extra burden.
This initiative, he burdened, will assure dignified employment, job safety, and full safety of employees’ rights.
Chief Minister Yogi acknowledged that Uttar Pradesh is ready to develop into the primary state within the nation to ensure minimal wages and salaries for each working youth. Describing the youth as a reservoir of immense vitality, he stated that the state’s biggest energy lies in its huge younger inhabitants.
CM Yogi added, ‘Today, UP’s expertise is in excessive demand each throughout India and globally, and the state, which as soon as suffered the ache of mass migration for jobs, is now creating employment inside its borders.’
The Chief Minister recalled that when, total villages migrated for work, however at this time, the identical Uttar Pradesh is providing alternatives inside the state itself–a transformation made potential by the well-planned efforts of the previous eight years.
CM stated, ‘This occasion displays Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of Mission Rojgar and Viksit Bharat, guaranteeing that each youth will get work in keeping with their expertise and {qualifications}. Wherever given alternatives, UP’s youth have persistently confirmed their expertise and capabilities.’
Highlighting the success of the One District One Product (ODOP) scheme, CM Yogi stated, ‘It has given conventional industries a brand new international identification.’ He knowledgeable that 96 lakh MSME models are lively within the state, and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, when greater than 40 lakh migrant employees returned, 90% have been absorbed into these MSMEs, a lot of whom proceed to be related to them at this time.
The Chief Minister additionally underlined that the state authorities has prolonged an insurance coverage cowl of Rs 5 lakh to registered MSME entrepreneurs. With every unit using wherever between 2 to 10 youth, lakhs of persons are securing dignified livelihoods throughout Uttar Pradesh. He stated these initiatives are turning Prime Minister Modi’s dream of ‘Vocal for Local’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ into actuality. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath remarked additional that the ‘Vishwakarma Shram Samman’ and ‘PM Vishwakarma’ schemes have been launched to honour and empower conventional artisans and craftsmen. Skilled employees corresponding to carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, potters, cobblers, and barbers are being supplied free toolkits, inexpensive loans, and specialised coaching. These initiatives have enabled lakhs of individuals to safe each employment and dignity.
He additional stated, ‘Under the ‘CM Yuva Udyami Scheme’, launched on 24 January 2025, interest-free loans with out collateral are being supplied to youth between 21 and 40 years of age.’ The facility, he emphasised, will not be decided by caste, creed, faith, or identification, however solely by a person’s curiosity and ambition. So far, greater than 70,000 youth have efficiently established their very own enterprises by means of this scheme.
The Chief Minister highlighted that within the final eight years, over 8.5 lakh youth have been supplied authorities jobs with full transparency.
CM Yogi added, ‘A big variety of appointments have been made within the police, schooling, well being, agriculture, PWD, and universities. Uttar Pradesh at this time is acknowledged because the main state within the nation for offering the best variety of authorities jobs in such a brief interval.’
CM Yogi underlined that the state’s zero-tolerance coverage in direction of crime and criminals has made Uttar Pradesh the popular vacation spot for buyers.
Yogi added, ‘In the previous eight years, greater than 33 sectoral insurance policies have been launched, whereas a clear system has been created by means of the ‘Invest UP’ Portal, ‘Nivesh Mitra’, and Single Window Platform. As a consequence, the state has witnessed investments exceeding 15 lakh crore, producing employment for 60 lakh youth.’
He added that by means of the Uttar Pradesh Startup Mission and Skill Development Mission, youth are being educated in rising applied sciences corresponding to Artificial Intelligence, Drone Technology, Robotics, and the Internet of Things. With the assist of Tata Technologies, new labs and programs have been launched in ITIs and polytechnics. The authorities can be specializing in language coaching for youth going abroad–German for these heading to Germany, Japanese for these going to Japan, and related coaching for different countries–ensuring they face no limitations in ability software or communication abroad. He remarked that know-how consistently evolves, and it’s important to replace expertise in keeping with the altering wants of society.
Speaking on labour reforms, the Chief Minister stated that labour legal guidelines are being modernised to guard employees’ rights whereas guaranteeing industries function easily. He assured that no outsourcing firm might be allowed to take advantage of employees. Every employee will obtain their full wage, whereas the federal government itself will bear any extra prices.
Calling the ‘Rozgar Mahakumbh’ a bridge between youth and business, CM Yogi stated, ‘The occasion is not only about offering jobs but additionally about aligning coaching and programs with new technological calls for.’ He concluded by saying, ‘When employees and meals suppliers are content material, the state and the nation prosper. Once that is ensured, no energy on the earth can cease the imaginative and prescient of Viksit Bharat and a Viksit Uttar Pradesh.’ (ANI)