LUCKNOW: Handing out employment letters to 3,209 tubewell operators, including 516 women on Wednesday, CM Yogi Adityanath said the move was part of the ongoing effort to generate employment under Mission Rozgar and a big step to benefit farmers.
“Not only were appointments done after nine years, but a qualification criteria of ITI pass was set for the first time and the selection process was conducted in a transparent manner by UPSSSC,” the chief minister said.
The state government is committed to ensuring maximum jobs for youth under Mission Rozgar and we have set a target of 4 lakh jobs in four years,” he said.
During Wednesday’s ceremony, the chief minister personally gave appointment letters to Shobhit Shukla, Sujit Narayan, Arun Kumar, Khyati Sharma and Kanchan Nishad and interacted with other candidates via video conferencing. He spoke to Pradeep Kumar Patel from Prayagraj, Shivani Pal from Kanpur, Sophiya from Agra, Arjun Kumar from Bareilly, Rahul Pal from Varanasi, Aditya Kumar Singh from Gorakhpur, Archana Samadhiya from Orai, Parul Maurya from Ayodhya, Paramjeet Singh from Rampur, Vinod Kumar from Pratapgarh and Vikas Kumar from Saharanpur.
Congratulating them, the CM asked if they faced problems during the recruitment process or someone had to put in a word on their behalf. “It is only when you elect a good government and upright public representatives that you get clean and unbiased governance. You should work in the same way in which you were selected,” he told them.
“PM Narendra Modi has set a target of 2022 for doubling income of farmers,” he said.
An excellent mechanism has been put in place from farming to sale at markets and this will help unshackle farmers from exploiters, he added. “We are making water and fertilizers available to farmers on time. The soil is also being tested and based on results, farmers can decide what they want to grow. The PM has safeguarded rights of farmers through MSP. Through Kisan Samman Nidhi, Rs 2.20 crore has been made available to farmers,” the CM said.
There are 34,401 tubewells in the state which help irrigate 23 lakh hectare land. For this, 18,811posts had been approved, but only 9,198 tubewell operators were employed. Each must look after operations of four tubewells.
The CM said, recruitment of tubewell operators was an essential move and the post is linked to the spirit of service. “By saving water, one can provide a better future to next generations and it’s important to educate farmers about the ‘one drop more crop’ scheme. We have also ensured regular power supply in rural areas for seamless operation of tubewells,” he said. He said, the government helped more than 15 lakh people get employment in the private sector while 1.5 crore had been helped to become self-employed.