Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said over 4.50 lakh youths had got government jobs through a transparent recruitment process in the state in the last four and half years of his regime and because of the honest, fair and transparent work culture, the state was progressing fast.
“UP’s economy, which was in the 6th position in the country four and a half years back, is India's second biggest economy today. If we work in the same pure and transparent manner, then Uttar Pradesh will become ‘Number One’ economy in the country soon,” Yogi Adityanath said while addressing a gathering after handing over appointment letters to newly recruited assistant engineers through the UP Public Service Commission in the Housing and Urban Planning department.
Thirty-three of the selected electrical, civil and mechanical engineers received the appointment letters from the chief minister himself.
Congratulating the newly-recruited engineers, the chief minister said the Bharatiya Janata Party-led UP government had given more jobs in government departments or in the private sector in these four and half years than in the last 15 years.
“Not a single finger can be pointed at any recruitment. The youths recruited through a transparent process are expected to work honestly and devote themselves completely to the development of the state,” he said.
“From appointment to selection, the government was monitoring the entire process from examination,” Yogi said.
The Housing and Urban Planning department is the most important department of the country at this time because it is working on a war footing for urban development.
“Till now the work of Rapid Metro Rail, AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) Jal Project is being carried out through the Housing Development department. The work of Kanpur Metro is in its final stage and it is going to be inaugurated soon,” he said.
In such a situation, there was a large scope to work and it was necessary to have innovative thinking and sincere effort, he added.
“Taking a jibe at the previous governments, the chief minister said once upon a time the development authorities of the state had become centres of corruption and even getting the map of a house approved was a difficult task. The common man was very upset. We made a big difference by deploying good officers, organising special camps to solve the problem, fixing the deadlines for the works and as a result, even the common man is saying that good work is being done by the development authorities,” he said.
Referring to his visit to Moradabad, Yogi gave information about the affordable housing project under construction there and said that such innovative efforts were the demand of today.
The chief minister said that several cities had large populations which were not only settled illegally but there was a lot of filth. He said the government started the housing scheme by duly mapping such settlements and now they were getting homes and staying healthy.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that by using technology, his government had resolved the cases pending for many years in the development authorities within six months. He said people now gave the feedback that the work was going very well.
He also said Uttar Pradesh, which was in the 16th or the 17th position in the national rankings earlier, was now second in the ease of doing business.