UP inks pacts with 4 industry bodies to employ 11 lakh migrants in state

Informing that the state has received about 30 lakh workers, the Chief Minister said migrants are biggest strength of the state and would contribute towards “building a new Uttar Pradesh”.

“Workers who are returning to the state are our biggest strength. So far, they had been working towards the development of the state. Now, this strength will be used for development of a new Uttar Pradesh,” he said, adding that skill mapping of 18 lakh migrant workers have been completed.

The UP government has of late intensified the effort to woo investors and industries to set up their shop in the state.
He said the state government would strive to achieve the “har haath ko kam, aur har ghar ko rojgar” motto (job for every hand, every household). Skill mapping of workers has revealed that apart from construction workers, there are painters, plumbers, drivers, computer operators, paramedics etc.

The Skill Development and Revenue Department has been mapping skills of migrant workers to ensure suitable jobs for them.

Adityanath said when the coronavirus lockdown was announced, no one had expected such a large scale movement of workers. Timely decisions and foresightedness of the government had cautioned economic damage, he claimed.

Meanwhile, realtors body NAREDCO on Friday said that around 1.25 lakh workers will be absorbed at Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida in the national capital region, while the remaining 1.25 lakh will be taken for projects across other cities in UP.

The Association will also provide training to labourers to undertake construction works, he said. “This MoU is a win-win situation for labourers from UP, state government developers and also homebuyers. Labourers will be absorbed and construction work will start,” said NAREDCO-UP president R K Arora .

With PTI Inputs