Haryana CM Saini inaugurates 250 gyms for rural youth, announces free equipment for 8 notified Sports
On Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, CM calls upon youth to eliminate scourge of drugs from Haryana
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, January 12, 2025 - Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini today dedicated the 163rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda to the youth of the state and announced several initiatives for their upliftment.
After inaugurating 250 gyms simultaneously for rural youth, he announced free equipment for eight notified sports and inclusion of Inter Youth Club Games in the annual sports calendar of the state.He also announced opening at least one ITI in every block of the state.
The Chief Minister also announced to make a special policy to make the youth proficient in the languages of different countries and to bear the expenses of getting these certified from the concerned agency.
Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini was addressing the youth at a state-level 'Yuva Diwas' function organised in Panchkula on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti today.
Earlier, he released a song to inspire the youth to stay aware against drug abuse, which was sung by famous singer Naveen Punia. He also gave job offer letters to ITI trainees. He also felicitated youths and volunteers of the NSS on the occasion.
The Chief Minister, while paying obeisance to Swami Vivekananda, called upon the youth to eliminate the social evil of drugs from the state. He said Vivekananda ji had sounded the clarion call for renaissance in India. He created a flame of self-respect, pride and spiritual awakening among the countrymen.
He said Swami Vivekananda also loved wrestling. He was fond of reading and he used to read with such attention and concentration that once he read a book, he never forgot it.
The Chief Minister mentioned in detail about Swami Vivekananda's childhood till his arrival at Ramakrishna Paramhans Ashram and his impressive speech given in the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and said that the responsibility of the future of our Constitution and institutions is on the shoulders of youth. In future, you have to run the country in accordance with the basic spirit of the Constitution.
Taken various steps to fulfil dreams of our youth: CM
Giving information about the work done by the state government in the interest of the youth, he said this is the third term of the government.
In the 10 years of last two terms, we have made every effort to give all kinds of facilities to youths. We are implementing the National Education Policy to give you modern education of the 21st century.
PM Vishwakarma Yojana has been implemented to help the youth hone their skills. The country's first Shri Vishwakarma Skill Development University has also been opened in the state, the Chief Minister added.He said earlier, jobs like HCS were given to the relatives of the ruling party leaders, whereas our government has employed the youth on the basis of merit.
Talented youth from many poor families have got HCS jobs. He said in the last 10 years, we have given government jobs to more than 1.71 lakh youths without ‘parchi-kharchi’ and in the third term, the target is to give permanent government jobs to 2 lakh youth on merit.
Focus on creating skilled youth
He said through the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam, not only employment has been given to the youth, their job security has also been ensured. Under the 'Nal Jal Mitra' programme, 6,000 youths have been trained by Hero MotoCorp Limited.
They are helping in water supply in rural areas. Our government has started schemes like 'Drone Didi Yojana', 'Contractor Saksham Yuva Yojana', and 'IT Saksham Yuva Yojana', which has provided employment opportunities to around 25,000 youths.Nayab Singh Saini expressed concern over sending youths abroad through Donkey route and appealed to parents to save their children from this wrong practice.
He said a Foreign Cooperation Department has been created to help the youths looking for employment abroad.
’Global Haryanvi’ portal created for NRI residents
The Chief Minister said a portal 'Global Haryanvi’ has been created for those Haryanvis who are settled in other countries but their families are here. They can get help by sharing their problems related to land, property, any kind of dispute in the family or opportunities to invest in the state on the portal.
The Chief Minister informed that to provide better employment opportunities to the youth in the private sector, the government has started the work of providing practical training by partnering with about 258 industries under the 'Dual System of Training'.
The Chief Minister said the aim of the state government is that by the year 2030, every youth of the state should be skilled and financially prosperous. To achieve this goal, effective steps have been taken like NSQF in schools, 'Pahal Yojana' in colleges, incubation centres in universities and MoUs with industries for training as per their need in technical institutes.
He also asked the youth to participate in politics. He said Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi has called upon the youth of the country that they should come forward in active politics because the coming time belongs to the youth.
Making several announcements for the youth on this occasion, the Chief Minister said the state government provides free sports equipment under the 'Haryana Khel Upkaran Pravdhan Yojana, 2024-25', and now youth clubs will also be included in this scheme. In future, 'Inter Youth Club Games' will be included in the annual sports calendar of the state. The Sports Department will organize these games every year.
Free equipment to be given for 8 notified sports
The Chief Minister said free equipment will be given for 8 notified sports.
These sports include volleyball, football, basketball, handball, boxing, wrestling, judo and cricket. Every year, the Sports Department will organize two adventure sport camps for youth clubs.
Sh. Nayab Singh Saini also announced that at least one ITI will be opened in every block of Haryana. Out of 142 blocks in the state, there are 26 blocks where there is no ITI. Out of these, the proposal to open new government ITIs in 6 blocks has already been approved and the construction of buildings is in process. ITIs will also be opened in the remaining 20 blocks which will cost Rs 400 crore.
The Chief Minister also said the government will bear the expenses of making the youth learn foreign languages and getting these certified from the concerned agency. He said the government is starting the Hartron Advanced Skill Centre project.
Under this, 87 Advanced Skill Centres will be opened in the first year. These centres will provide NSQF recognized certificates. This will enable the youth to get trained in nationally and internationally recognized skills.
He said earlier Hartron's skill centres were mainly opened at the district level but now, these will also be opened at sub-divisions and rural development blocks.
These will provide advanced training in emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security and Block Chain. This will increase employment opportunities for the youth.
Youth should put their energy to do innovation: Gaurav Gautam
Minister of State for Sports, Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Gaurav Gautam, in his address as a special guest in the programme, paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda and said today is the day to instill courage and energy in the youth.
He repeated the words spoken by Vivekananda ji in which he had said, “Give me 100 youths, I can change the fate of India”.
He said if Vivekananda ji was alive today, he would have inspired the youth to use their energy in innovation instead of making the internet a mere means of entertainment in this age of digitisation.
Giving Haryana the status of a sports powerhouse and a minefield of medals, Gautam said under the guidance of Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi and the leadership of Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini, Haryana is moving ahead on the path of progress in every field.
Earlier, Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education, Vineet Garg welcomed the guests and gave detailed information about the various schemes started in the interest of the youth. Former Speaker of the Assembly Gian Chand Gupta, Director General of Information, Public Relations, Languages & Culture, Sh. KM Pandurang and Additional Director Smt. Varsha Khangwal, were also present on the occasion.
At the end of the programme, the youth recited the Preamble to the Constitution along with the Chief Minister.