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Yogi orders expansion of Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana to all 75 UP districts
Yogi orders expansion of Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana to all 75 UP districts
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the expansion of the Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana to all 75 districts of the state. The scheme, launched in 2020, currently operates in 20…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the expansion of the Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana to all 75 districts of the state. The scheme, launched in 2020, currently operates in 20 districts and provides financial assistance to working children aged 8-18 while enrolling them in schools. The Chief Minister also ordered special campaigns in child labour-affected areas to connect children with education.
Reviewing the Labour and Employment Department's schemes on Saturday, Adityanath called workers the state's greatest strength and said the government's priority is to provide dignified life, quality education, safe working conditions, and better employment. He directed that the 'Sevamitra' system be made more effective and that modern labour facilitation centres, or 'Labour Addas', be developed in industrial cities for construction workers. The system currently has 1,097 service providers, 5,049 Sevamitra, and 54,747 skilled workers registered.
Officials reported that 32,583 factories are now registered in UP, up from 14,176 in March 2017, with 4,860 registered in 2025-26 alone. The Uttar Pradesh Employment Mission, constituted in July 2025, has selected 27,555 youth through employment programmes, including 2,300 for overseas jobs. The department was recognised as a 'Top Achiever' in BRAP reforms and honoured during Udyog Sangam 2025.
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The Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana's expansion signals a state-level push to align with the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act and the Right to Education Act. UP has historically had high child labour incidence, the 2011 census recorded over 9 lakh working children in the state. The scheme's expansion to all districts could cover tens of thousands more children, but its impact depends on enforcement in unorganised sectors like brick kilns and agriculture. The employment mission's overseas placement license from the Ministry of External Affairs is a rare state-level move that could tap into Gulf and Southeast Asian labour markets. Watch for the number of children enrolled under the expanded scheme in the next quarterly report.
Source: millenniumpost.in
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