Yogi govt to provide 1 lakh tablets to skilled workers for free, under Skill Development Mission
Government has launched Seva Mitra service in 25 districts with the aim of providing employment to more and more skilled workers through the Labour Department.
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Government is going to provide one lakh tablets to the skilled workers of the state for free as part of its Skill Development Mission, said an official press release on Friday. The move will help skilled workers hone their skills further and do better in their jobs.
It is worth mentioning here that the Yogi Government is providing a wide range of services to the people at large on the one hand and to the skilled people on the other through web portal www.sewamitra.up.gov.in, app and call centre 155330. Skilled workers must apply for a job through the portal, which also facilitates their training in order to hone their skills as part of the State Government’s Skill Development Mission.
Skilled workers can apply for jobs through the portal
CM Yogi had earlier given instructions to the concerned authorities to provide employment to the people standing in the last rung of the society by linking them with the Skill Development Mission. On the instructions of the CM, the Labour Department had even done the skill mapping of the migrants returning to UP from other states during the first wave of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic to give them employment during those trying times.
Seva Mitra service launched in 25 districts
As part of this continuous mission to uplift workers, the Government has launched Seva Mitra service in 25 districts with the aim of providing employment to more and more skilled workers through the Labour Department. The service is currently under trial and will be soon be launched in the remaining districts. A 50-seater call centre has also been set up in this regard.
Kunal Silku, Director, Skill Development Mission, described it as an excellent service to have been started by the government for the common people and the skilled workers.
One of the specialties of the service is that the name of the provider and rate appear on the screen as soon as a person books the service. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to launch the service in the remaining districts soon.
The facilities available include AC service & repair through portal, app & call centre, appliances repair, car repair & service, carpenter, cleaning & disinfection, electrician, IT hardware & service, nursing plumbing, RO service & repair, barbers.
The services are currently available in Agra, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Barabanki, Bareilly, Bijnor, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Mirzapur, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Saharanpur, Sultanpur, Unnao and Varanasi districts.