To fulfill the promises made in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra and to ensure welfare of the youth, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has so far distributed over 2.45 lakh tablets and smartphones in the state.
To digitally empower the youth of Uttar Pradesh, as many as 97,740 tablets and over 1,48,238 smart phones have been distributed. Out of these, 16,936 tablets have been distributed in Lucknow, 11,541 in Gorakhpur, 8,518 in Moradabad, 7,617 in Saharanpur and 5,323 in Pratapgarh.
Similarly, over 25,770 smartphones have been distributed in Lucknow, 24,620 in Ambedkarnagar, 12,990 in Moradabad, 10,776 in Saharanpur and over 10,346 in Muzaffarnagar.
Under the direct supervision of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the distribution process is being carried out with complete transparency and without any discrimination.
To ensure a hassle-free distribution process, as many as 7,20,000 tablets and over 10,50,000 smartphones have been allocated to the districts for distribution.
As per the announcement made by the government, free smartphones and tablets will be given to two crore youth in order to make them technically advanced. The first phase of the distribution started in the state on December 25, 2021.
The government is also providing free digital access to the youth along with the gadgets, making online education more accessible.
The Yogi government is making all efforts to fulfill the expectations of the youths in Uttar Pradesh. The youths aim for jobs, economic progress, equality, and freedom from poverty. The UP government is working in this direction. In the last five years, five lakh youths have been given jobs, and 2.5 crore youth have been linked with self-employment.
As promised in the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra (manifesto), the Yogi government is also working on a series of arrangements to provide jobs and employment to the unemployed.
Yogi Adityanath has also set a target of providing five crore employment opportunities in UP over the next five years, including a job to one member of each family of Uttar Pradesh.