Better coordination among agri, SMEs, other depts can help UP create 70 lk jobs in 5 yrs: Yogi

Lucknow, July 17 (KNN) The Uttar Pradesh government has a target to provide jobs to 70 lakh people in five years, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said.

"UP is a state with immense possibilities.... We have fixed a target of providing jobs to 70 lakh people in five years, of which 10 lakh jobs will be provided through the vocational education and skill development departments," he said at a function to mark the World Youth Skills Day on Saturday.

Yogi called for a better coordination among the agriculture, dairy, small industry and industrial development departments in order to achieve this target.

The chief minister also inaugurated or laid the foundation of 101 schemes of the vocational education and skill development departments.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed between the government and the Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Mills, Bhilwara.

As per the MoU, the mill will train 26,000 trainees in the textile, retail and apparel sector over a period of four years.

Yogi Adityanath said besides agriculture, textile was another sector which could generate the maximum number of jobs in the state. He also highlighted the need to reopen the textile mills, which were closed down in the state.

This, he said, would open up the employment opportunities in a big way".