CM Yogi to roll out app to help youth get jobs; other schemes on MSME day today
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Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will launch several significant schemes and initiatives on International MSME Day on Friday.
The list includes the launch of the CM-YUVA mobile app, which will help youth with jobs, career guidance, and entrepreneurship support.
A short film showing the features of the CM-YUVA programme will also be screened. The CM will also inaugurate ODOP Common Facility Centres (CFC) set up in Bareilly and Moradabad districts, officials said.
The CM will also distribute allotment letters to five beneficiaries of an infrastructure project in Khyamai, Aligarh. This is in addition to the launch of the new "Youth Adda" developed in Kisan Bazar, Lucknow, which will serve as a place for young people to learn, connect, and grow their entrepreneurial skills, they added.
Officials also said that cheques and toolkits will be handed out to 15 selected beneficiaries under the MSME policy, CM-YUVA, and other job-focused schemes — with five beneficiaries from each. Under the ODOP programme, five artisans will also receive toolkits.
To help promote the state's unique products worldwide, an MoU will be signed between the Human Welfare Association and the Commissioner and Director of Industries. This partnership aims to secure more GI tags for local products, officials said.
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