Overview
- At the Gorakhpur convocation, the chief minister announced a ₹1,000 crore fund to support youth self-reliance and entrepreneurship.
- Uttar Pradesh is distributing two crore tablets and smartphones under the Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Scheme to expand digital access for students.
- The state has partnered with Tata Technologies to modernize more than 150 ITIs with NEP 2020-aligned vocational training.
- Samsung’s JB Park said the Innovation Campus is training 5,000 youth in UP this year, including 2,000 from Gorakhpur, as about 1,300 students received certificates at the event.
- Yogi Adityanath cited Samsung’s large Noida plant and claimed UP produces 55% of India’s mobile phones and 60% of electronic devices, framing India’s post-2014 trajectory as a global resurgence.