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 will probably be assured minimal wages, ending any scope for employee exploitation. He stated corporations should pay their staff pretty, whereas the state authorities will bear any further burden.
This initiative, he confused, will assure dignified employment, job safety, and full safety of staff’ rights.
Chief Minister Yogi said that Uttar Pradesh is ready to change 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 power, 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, whole villages migrated for work, however right now, the identical Uttar Pradesh is providing alternatives inside the state itself–a transformation made doable 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 response to 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 world 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 staff returned, 90% have been absorbed into these MSMEs, a lot of whom proceed to be related to them right now.
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 staff corresponding to carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, potters, cobblers, and barbers are being offered 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 offered 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 this scheme.
The Chief Minister highlighted that within the final eight years, over 8.5 lakh youth have been offered authorities jobs with full transparency.
CM Yogi added, ‘A major variety of appointments have been made within the police, training, well being, agriculture, PWD, and universities. Uttar Pradesh right now 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 traders.
Yogi added, ‘In the previous eight years, greater than 33 sectoral insurance policies have been launched, whereas a clear system has been created by 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 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 help of Tata Technologies, new labs and programs have been launched in ITIs and polytechnics. The authorities can also 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 utility or communication abroad. He remarked that know-how always evolves, and it’s important to replace expertise in step with the altering wants of society.
Speaking on labour reforms, the Chief Minister stated that labour legal guidelines are being modernised to guard staff’ rights whereas guaranteeing industries function easily. He assured that no outsourcing firm will probably be allowed to use staff. Every employee will obtain their full wage, whereas the federal government itself will bear any further prices.
Calling the ‘Rozgar Mahakumbh’ a bridge between youth and trade, 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 staff 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)