Chief Minister Raman Singh has announced special cash rewards for the youth from Chhattisgarh who qualify for IAS and IPS positions in the civil services examination.
While on a visit to the Tribal Youth Hostel in New Delhi on Wednesday night in New Delhi, the Chief Minister stated that Chhattisgarh’s youth who qualify for the IAS and IPS positions in the civil services examination would be offered special encouragement reward of Rs 3 lakh and Rs 2 lakh respectively. Addressing tribal youth from the State who are staying in the hostel to prepare for the various competitive examinations in New Delhi, Singh stated that the amount would be offered to the successful candidates under State government's ‘Youth Career Development Scheme.’
He said that the youth of Chhattisgarh would have to shine nationally by becoming good administrators, scientists , doctors and engineers. Singh said that the youth in Chhattisgarh have the capability to take on the biggest challenges. ‘Success comes to those who work with the mindset that they can meet the most difficult challenges with their hard work.’ The Chief Minister stated that there is no match to the skill and talent of Chhattisgarh’s youth. ‘However, we need to bring forward the generation which has skill and talent but lack some resources.’
Singh stated that Chhattisgarh is the first State which , while keeping in view the need for resources by the talented and skilled youth, established a four-storey hostel for the youth from tribal and backward class communities in New Delhi at cost of more than Rs 14 crore. The Chief Minister stated that the other states in the country would get the message after knowing that the youth from far-flung regions of Chhattisgarh have cleared the UPSC’s difficult competitive examinations to qualify for IAS and IPS positions then they would also think of establishing a Youth Hostel such as the one established by Chhattisgarh government in New Delhi.
“I you (youth) become successful, Chhattisgarh would be successful,” he said. Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Kedar Kashyap stated that the Youth Hostel in New Delhi has 37 rooms with the capacity to accommodate 84 students.