UP Centre of Excellence to provide employment to 25,000 youths per year from 2023

By Anand Singh Ghazipur, Feb 16 : Eastern Uttar Pradesh, which has remained neglected for decades, has got a fresh boost in the form of an agriculture-based Centre of Excellence that aims to provide employment to over 25,000 people every year from 2023 as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) campaign.
On Tuesday afternoon, the foundation stone for the Centre of Excellence was laid by Sanjay Rai, in the presence of seer Shankracharya, Uttar Pradesh ministers Surya Pratap Shahi, Upender Tiwari and BJP Lok Sabha MP Manoj Tiwari in Ghazipur’s Sahedi area.
In a candid interview to IANS on the sidelines of the event, Rai said, “Mahatma Gandhi, Madan Mohan Malviya and Swami Vivekananad always emphasised on Gram Swaraj. They always talked about improving the employment opportunity in rural areas so that the economy of the villages improves.” He said, “It is the reason why I decided to come up with the idea of Centre of Excellence that will provide skill training to youths and ensure employment to them in their hometowns.” Rai, who is former Managing Director of Kandla Energy and Chemical Limited and Rai Corporation, choose his ancestral district to kick off one of Prime Minister Modi’s ambitious ‘Skill India’ campaigns.
Rai has earlier also built agriculture incubator centre at Delhi Riding Club.