Big employment plans revealed! What Yogi Adityanath government for creating job opportunities

In order to create more jobs and employment opportunity in Uttar Pradesh by bringing in more investment in the state, UP CM Yogi Adityanath-led government is planning to set up a new investment promotion and facilitation agency. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will head the new agency and the ministers of industrial development and MSME will be the vice-chairmen of the same.

According to Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary industrial development, a proposal to this effect had been received from 'Invest India', a body of the Central government, and the new agency was based on this. Experts from various fields will be members of the agency that will work towards bringing in fresh investments and ensuring generation of employment. The state government has already assured the migrant workers who have returned to Uttar Pradesh form other states that they will be provided employment opportunities here.

However, since it is clear that the corona crisis may impact foreign investment, the state government is working towards encouraging domestic investment.

Meanwhile, the Yogi government has lifted the ban on the manufacture and sale of 'paan masala' in Uttar Pradesh. The sale of 'gutka' and tobacco, however, will not be allowed. Commissioner Food Safety and Drug Administration Anita Singh has issued the order saying that the exemption is for plain paan masala. The ban on the manufacture, storage and sale of tobacco and nicotine-free pan masala/gutkha in the state will continue unchanged.

The state government has also allowed stationery and book shops to open in the green and orange zones, maintaining social distancing norms. Though many government and private schools have started giving online classes amid the lockdown, students claimed the unavailability of books was affecting the studies.