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Sardar Patel skill and employment zones to be established in all 75 districts of UP: CM Yogi

Lucknow, Oct 31 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday launched the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Kaushal Prashikshan Evam Rozgar Kshetra Vikas Yojana at Lok Bhavan on the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, popularly known as the Iron Man of India. He announced that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Skill and Employment Zones would be established in all 75 districts of the state.
In the first phase, the process of setting up these centres has been initiated in Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi and Gautam Buddh Nagar. The scheme will subsequently be extended to all 18 divisional headquarters and then to every district of the state. These centres will provide facilities for youth registration, skill training based on individual interests and abilities, and employment opportunities under one roof. Young people seeking jobs abroad will also receive training in the language of the respective country, along with the skills required to access employment opportunities there.
The Chief Minister said, “The scheme has been launched in five districts in the first phase. Funds have already been arranged for all 18 divisional headquarters. The centres will be constructed as soon as land becomes available. In Gautam Buddh Nagar, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority is developing this centre, and an institution like Tata has already joined the initiative. The Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority has also joined this initiative in Gorakhpur.
“If a young person has passed high school and wants to work, they will be registered at the centre. They will receive skill training based on their interests and will subsequently be placed in an institution, factory or another sector. If a young person trained in nursing wants to go to Japan or Germany, they will be taught the language of the respective country. They will receive training according to local requirements, and the concerned embassy will help facilitate employment. Not only young people but also older persons seeking employment will be able to access these facilities.”
The Chief Minister said MoUs had been signed with institutions such as Tata Indian Institute of Skills, Ashok Leyland, BBC Group, PTC, CIPET, Asian Development Bank, Minda and Avaada. “Young people will benefit from the experience and technology of these institutions,” he said. He also referred to vehicle manufacturing in Lucknow and Ashok Leyland's production of electric vehicles.
Highlighting the employment potential of food processing, Yogi said, “Value addition in food processing can increase farmers' income manifold. By making products such as buttermilk, ghee, butter and paneer from milk, higher returns can be generated. Similarly, better earnings are possible through the processing and packaging of fruits and vegetables.”
The Chief Minister congratulated the young people who received job cards at the programme. He also referred to assistance of up to Rs 5 lakh, interest-free and without collateral, under the CM Yuva Yojana, as well as the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.
He said, “PM has introduced a system that allows students to pursue two degrees or courses simultaneously. Young people can receive skill training alongside their college studies. By setting aside a few hours every day for skill development, they can improve their employment prospects. A true tribute to Sardar Patel is to connect young people with national unity, skills and employment. With this resolve, the government will develop Employment Zones in all 75 districts.”
Targeting the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, he said, “People from the Congress and the Samajwadi Party considered this a burden, whereas we considered it an achievement. We connected scale with Prime Minister Modi's Skill Development initiative. When skill is combined with scale, employment follows. If there is scale but no skill, momentum turns into decline. However, when scale is accompanied by skill, that same momentum turns into progress.”
Launching an attack on previous governments, the Chief Minister said, “Earlier, people used to say that Uttar Pradesh could not change. We said that UP would certainly change. Those who did not want change had made UP BIMARU. UP was not BIMARU; it was the mindset of those governing the state at that time that was BIMARU.
“Previous governments had patronised mafias in every district. Their mafias and dacoits would take control of jobs and employment opportunities meant for young people. Young people, helpless and frustrated, would migrate and conceal their identities. Previous governments followed the policy of ‘One District, One Mafia’. We consigned mafias to the dust and gave UP's products a platform and an identity.
“Over the past nine and a half years, more than 9.5 lakh young people have been provided direct government employment. Through ‘One District, One Product’, more than 3.25 crore people have received employment in the state. The improved security environment has also generated employment for lakhs of young people through industrial development.”
Targeting the Congress and the Samajwadi Party over corruption, Yogi said, “When Prime Minister Modi spoke about Jan Dhan accounts, the Congress, Samajwadi Party and others used to laugh. During the Congress regime, a Prime Minister would express his helplessness by saying that when Rs 100 was sent, only Rs 15 reached the poor. That money did not disappear gradually through wear and tear. Their people swallowed it and misappropriated it. They would eat into the money meant for the poor and for development.
“Jan Dhan accounts ensured that money reached the very people for whom it was intended. Now, when Rs 100 is sent, the entire amount reaches the beneficiary's account directly. No money is deducted.
“During the Congress regime, PCOs were opened, but even after paying money, people could not get telephone connections. These Congress leaders looted the country and instilled the habit of looting among the people as well. They even sold telephone connections and LPG connections. Today, through Digital India, the country is leading the digital revolution.”
The Chief Minister further said, “Earlier, India was identified among the world's unstable and unreliable economies. India was considered part of the Fragile Five. Thanks to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is now among the world's five largest economies and has become the fastest-growing economy.
“Sardar Patel was the architect of India's unity. He made an unforgettable contribution to building an undivided India by uniting more than 563 princely states. He was a freedom fighter, an important pillar of the Constituent Assembly, and the country's first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. The Statue of Unity, established in Kevadia, Gujarat, symbolises Sardar Patel's towering personality.
“Our caste, province, faith, community, colour, appearance, dialect and language may differ, but our sentiment is one: ‘Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat’. This is the foundation of a developed India.”
Yogi credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with fulfilling Sardar Patel's dreams and building a secure India free from terrorism, separatism, extremism and Naxalism.UNI MBD AAB
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