Lucknow,

20 Feb (HS): During question hour in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Friday, the

opposition raised the issue of unemployment and inflation. The government

responded to these questions. Labor Minister Anil Rajbhar, representing the

government, stated in the House that 850,000 government jobs have been created

since 2017. Employment created in other sectors, including the MSME sector, is

separate.

Samajwadi

Party member RK Verma said in the House today that potato farmers are not

getting a fair price. The cost of a single acre is Rs. 46,000, but the farmer

receives Rs. 27,000. The government will implement a policy to address the

difference between wholesale and retail prices.

Minister

Chaudhary Laxminarayan responded, The opposition member has already answered

the question. He's saying farmers' produce is being sold cheaply. I can say

that next month I'll be campaigning in states where inflation is higher than in

UP. The UP government hasn't imposed any taxes in nine years. The state

government doesn't decide the price of LPG gas cylinders.

Meanwhile,

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna stood up in the House and said

that since the Yogi government came to power, funds have been directly

transferred to farmers' accounts after the purchase of wheat and paddy. Petrol

and diesel prices are lower in Uttar Pradesh than in 24 out of 28 states. For

the first time in the country, the central government has reduced GST by such a

significant amount. All the states whose swearing-in ceremonies these (opposition)

people stand on stage and wave their hands at have welcomed the decision to

reduce GST.

Leader

of the Opposition Mata Prasad Pandey said that the minister is saying there is

no inflation. I want to say that he should go among the public and say that

there is no inflation anywhere. The public will answer. The Leader of the

Opposition said that now is the time to go and leave. This is not the time for

allegations and counter-allegations. The House proceedings should proceed in a

positive manner. This would be appropriate.

On

the question of employment to the youth by Samajwadi Party's Hriday Narayan

Singh Patel, Labour and Employment Minister Anil Rajbhar said that between

2012-2017, 1 lakh 39 thousand youth got government jobs. In our government,

from 2017 till now, more than 8 lakh 45 thousand government jobs have been

given. We do not want to count the employment given to the youth in the MSME

sector here. On Sandeep Singh's follow-up question, Minister Anil Rajbhar said

that if the youth of UP wants to become an entrepreneur, then the Yogi

government provides full support. In the government of the opposition party SP,

unemployment allowance was given to the youth for only one year. Youth below 25

years of age were not considered unemployed, nor were people above 40 years of

age considered unemployed.

SP

member Ravidas Mehrotra said that all MLAs give details of their property at

the time of nomination in the elections. The government had asked the

government officials and employees to give details of their property. Till now

the details of all the officials have not come. Will the government take action

against those officials who have not given the details of their property? While

supporting the government, Suresh Khanna said that the details of immovable property

of all the officials have been uploaded on the government portal. Anyone can

see it. There is a system to upload the details of property between January 1

and January 31. There is a provision for action against those officials who do

not do so within the stipulated time.

Citing

a Government of India report, SP member Dr. Sangram Yadav said that the highest

number of workers migrate from Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh in search of

employment. Azamgarh is next, and Gorakhpur district is third. Hapur district

has the lowest migration. Minister Anil Rajbhar said that the report the

opposition members are referring to is from the Corona crisis. The situation at

that time was different. The entire country and the world recognizes the skills

of Uttar Pradesh's youth.

Responding

to a question from Samajwadi Party member Samarpal Singh, Transport Minister

Dayashankar Singh said, When I became minister, there were 8,500 buses.

There's no question of pollution from UP Transport buses. As for the color of

the buses, there are buses painted in saffron as well as the tricolor.

Responding

to another question, Labor Minister Anil Rajbhar informed the House that the

Labor Department does not provide coaching. The government is providing

coaching under the Abhyudaya Scheme, which serves over 19,000 young people. The

Sant Ravidas Scheme is also being implemented alongside it.

Responding

to a question from Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra Mona, the

Labor Minister said that we have sent six thousand youth to Israel.

Preparations are underway to send one thousand more youth. No complaint has

been received from any youth. In our government, youth are not only being sent

to Israel, there are plans to send them to other countries as well. An

outsourcing board has been formed. The board meeting has also been held. On

this, Samajwadi Party member Sangram Yadav said that complete information about

the board and the meeting should be placed in the House. The SP termed the

information about the formation of the board as false and walked out of the

House. With this the question hour ended.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi