Lucknow Aug 30 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday made a strong pitch for start-ups and flagged off a "Start-up Bus Yatra" from the scientific convention centre in the state capital.
Addressing the gathering at the event he said the state government has earmarked a fund of Rs 1 000 crore for helping start-ups.
Reiterating his government s commitment to creating more jobs and helping new business initiatives Adityanath informed that a start-up app would be launched very soon by the Uttar Pradesh government and call centres would also be opened.
"When Uttar Pradesh rises the nation will " he told a large gathering of youngsters.
The Chief Minister said that Narendra Modi had also rolled out many schemes and projects in this direction since he took over as the country s Prime Minister.
Every person has a unique talent and the need is only to harness it he underlined.
The state government he added would act as a facilitator in provide opportunities to the young and raring-to-go minds.
He assured the youngsters that the state government was working for the welfare of every section of society and that they were not involved in vote bank politics.
The start-up bus will visit all district headquarters and major tehsils and the youth will be exhorted to take up self-employment. The bus will complete its journey on October 10 in Lucknow.
--IANS
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