Lucknow, 15 July (HS): On the occasion of World Youth Skills

Day 2026, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a skills development

exhibition at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan and released the

Kaushalam booklet, which compiles the skills development

initiatives of the central and state governments. He also honored 11 young

people.

On the occasion of World Youth Skills Day-2026 in Lucknow,

in the honoring ceremony for the youth who became self-reliant through

employment and entrepreneurship after receiving training from the Skill

Development Mission and ITI, Minister of Vocational Education, Skill

Development and Entrepreneurship Kapil Dev Agarwal said that youth in Uttar

Pradesh are getting employment and self-employment through skills. The Yogi

government has trained 2 million youth over the past nine years, of whom 1.25

million have found employment. The target is to train 1 million youth in

2026-27. The budget of the department has been increased 9 times to Rs 3310

crore and a CSR MoU of Rs 7000 crore has been signed with the Tata Group,

through which 225 ITI's have been upgraded. Training is being provided in

modern trades like Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, IoT etc.

Blue Dot software has been developed where youth can upload

their biodata and companies will contact them directly. Under 'Project

Praveen', skill training is being provided to school children, and under the

'Zero Poverty' scheme, special employment campaigns are being run for youth

from poor families, women and the disabled.

Youths like Krishna Kumar Sahu, Bhavna Dubey, Gyan Prakash

Verma, Rajrani and Shubhra Vishwas shared their successful experiences in the

programme.

Meamwhile, UP CM mentioned in a post on X, “Skills, along

with being a means of employment, form a strong foundation for self-reliance,

self-respect, and a 'Developed India.' Continuing with this resolve, today I

will participate in the felicitation ceremony in Lucknow on the occasion of

World Youth Skills Day-2026 for the youth who have become self-reliant through

employment and entrepreneurship after receiving training from the Skill

Development Mission and ITI. The skills of the youth power are the greatest asset

of the 'New Uttar Pradesh.”

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi