Aiming to increase employment opportunities for the youths and developing their skills in Uttar Pradesh, the state government is working to fulfill their dreams by providing them jobs in the state itself. Government agencies will impart training to youths under the Chief Minister Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme in government, non-government, cooperative bodies, corporations, MSMEs and private industries.
To promote skill development in the youths and make them self-reliant, as many as 50,000 youths will be trained under various schemes run by the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) department. In addition, 35,000 youth will be given apprenticeship training in the Industrial Development department. Besides the two major departments, apprenticeship training will also be imparted to 37,000 youth in 18 more departments of the state.
A total of 5,000 youths will be trained in Health and Family Welfare department, 1,000 in Urban Development department, 5,000 in Irrigation department, 2,000 in Secondary and Higher Education department, 400 in Rural Engineering department, 100 in Tourism department, 1,000 in Medical Education department, 600 in Vocational and Skill Development department, 1,000 in Technical Education department, 4,000 in Public Works department, 8,000 in Additional Sources of Energy departments, 800 in Transport department, 8,000 in Agriculture, Sugarcane, Horticulture and Food Processing and Cooperation department, 8,000 in of Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department, 5,000 in Housing and Urban Planning department, 160 in UP Housing Development Council, 80 in UP Project Corporation and 4,200 in Panchayati Raj department.
Guidelines in this regard have been issued by the chief secretary to all departments.
During the training, the youth will also be given a training allowance of Rs 2,500 every month. Of this amount, Rs 1,500 per month will be funded by the Union government and Rs 1,000 by the UP government.
To push skilled youth on the path of employment, the work of fulfilling the government's vision of creating youth hubs in every district is also being done under this scheme.