UP Govt to introduce internship scheme, youth to get Rs 2,500 per month: Yogi Adityanath 

“Under this scheme, students of 10th, 12th and those graduating from college will be linked to various technical institutes and industries. Each of them will be doing a six months internship and each of them will be given Rs 2,500 as honorarium every month. Of this amount, Rs 1,500 will be given by the central government and Rs 1,000 by the state government," Adityanath said.

"After the completion of internship, the government will also arrange placements for these people. An HR cell will also be created for this purpose,” said the Chief Minister while speaking at the job fair organized by the Department of Labour and Employment Exchange at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Gorakhpur University.

On gender inequality, Adityanath that government has decided that 20 per cent girls will be compulsorily recruited in the police department in the state so that they can make a big contribution in the security of the state. “Our effort is to open an ITI and skill development center in each tehsil of the state, which can give a platform to the youth by imparting them skills,” he said.

Talking about achievements of his government, the CM said the world's largest Defence Expo 2020, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 5 in Lucknow, was an opportunity to connect with the glorious moments of India's valor, and military history.

"In this event, through their participation, the defence ministers, defence chiefs and ambassadors of 70 countries have proved that India will now become not only an importer but also an exporter in the field of defence, the focal point of which will be Uttar Pradesh,” he said.

He said that many companies in the country and abroad have signed MoUs for investment in the Defence Corridor. This will bring investment of Rs 50 thousand crore in Uttar Pradesh and five lakh youth will get jobs, said the CM.

Attacking opposition parties, the Chief Minister said that after the formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state in 2017, the skill mission programme has accelerated. “Through the Department of Labor and Employment Exchange, we have done three times more work in just three years than the previous governments were able to do in five years,” he said.

"Our government ended the process of interview for non-gazetted posts of IV, III and II class," he said.

He said that Uttar Pradesh is the first state in the country, which has been successful in giving government jobs to more than 2.5 lakh youth within three years.

"With an investment of more than Rs 2.5 lakh crore through Investors Summit, 35 lakh youth have been linked with jobs and employment," Mr Adityanath said.

Praising Modi, the CM said, "After coming to power in 2014, Mr Modi kept the youth of the country on top of the priority list. Keeping this in mind, programmes like Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, Startup India, Standup India, Make in India and Mudra Yojana were launched in the country. All these schemes are going to provide employment to the youth."