The tall building of developed India and developed Chhattisgarh will stand tall only in the hands of youth power: Chief Minister Sai

Youth showed their creative talent in the Yuva Mahotsav going on in Science College Ground

State level Yuva Mahotsav begins in the capital Raipur

Raipur 12 January 2025: Chhattisgarh has been the holy place of Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda ji spent two years of his adolescence here in Day Bhawan. When someone comes to Raipur by air, seeing the airport named after Swami Vivekananda, he feels that this city must have been related to Swami Vivekananda. From there to Vivekananda Sarovar, the most picturesque place in the city, everywhere one can see the respect of this city for Swami Vivekananda. Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai said this while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the three-day State Youth Festival organized at Science College Ground on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda ji’s birth anniversary “National Youth Day”. Chief Minister Sai said that Swami Vivekananda ji has a big role in the creation of modern India. The historical statement he gave at the World Religion Conference in Chicago in 1893 made the whole world bow down to Indian thinking. Swamiji started his address with American brothers and sisters. This was in line with the Indian philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. At that time, American newspapers had written that by listening to Swamiji, we came to know about the deep values ​​of India’s Sanatan tradition which we could not even imagine.

Chief Minister Sai said that the tall building of developed India and developed Chhattisgarh will be built in the hands of youth power. Our youth are the future of our state. It is only on the strength and determination of the youth that we are moving fast on the path of rebuilding the state. The way the scam happened in recruitments during the previous government, the morale of our youth was completely broken. We had promised that we will get the PSC scam investigated. We handed over its investigation to the CBI. The CBI has taken effective action in this matter. The confidence of the youth in the PSC examination has returned. The Chief Minister said that this time the examinations were conducted with complete transparency. When the result came, I called the toppers to felicitate them. There was satisfaction on their faces. They told me that they were all broken by the corruption in PSC, the way the new government took strong action against corruption, their faith in the system returned. Youths are able to prepare for exams in a better way only when they feel that there will be no malpractice in the exam. We have taken several measures to increase the transparency of PSC. We are going to conduct the PSC exam on the pattern of UPSC. This will enable more and more youth of the state to be selected in central services.

The Chief Minister said that we have increased the number of seats in Delhi’s Youth Hostel from 50 to 185 so that the youth can clear the UPSC exam by getting better coaching here. We have released the annual calendar of Vyapam exams. The exam will be held on time. Along with this, we are also taking action to fill the vacant posts in the departments at a fast pace. We have implemented the National Education Policy. This education will prepare the youth for new age employment. Referring to the new industrial policy, the Chief Minister said that in the new industrial policy, we have taken full care that local youth get maximum employment. For this, we will provide special grant assistance to those industries which will employ 1 thousand or more local youth. There is a possibility of an investment of two and a half lakh crores in the state in the next five years, which will create five lakh new employment opportunities. The Chief Minister said that our youth are very talented. They have unique ideas. Startups have a great potential in Chhattisgarh. We are encouraging it. We are creating coworking spaces where a youth who wants to start a startup can set up his setup at a very low cost. We are especially encouraging the IT sector. IT companies are rapidly starting their units in Nava Raipur. Soon Nava Raipur will be established as a new IT hub.

Referring to the Bastar Olympics, the Chief Minister said that 1 lakh 65 thousand talents from the Bastar division participated in it. Our illustrious Prime Minister Narendra Modi also praised this event in his Mann Ki Baat program. We are also committed to the development of sports in Chhattisgarh and for this we are rapidly building infrastructure and making solid arrangements for the training of players. He said that the Youth Festival is currently going on in Delhi and many of our young colleagues have been invited there too. The talent of the youth of the state is famous all over the country and the world. You should work with full enthusiasm. We are working hard to fulfill the dream of developed India and developed Chhattisgarh. With your participation, we will definitely achieve this goal. Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Dr. Raman Singh, while presiding over the program, said that Swami Vivekananda gave the youth an inspiring message to get up, wake up and do not stop until the goal is achieved. Swami Vivekananda gave a new identity to the youth in the country and the world. He said that Chhattisgarh will be one of the developed states of the country by the year 2047 due to the power of youth. Deputy Chief Ministers Arun Saw and Vijay Sharma, Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Tankaram Verma also addressed the festival. Food Minister Dayaldas Baghel, MLAs Rajesh Munat, Guru Khushwant Saheb, Chhattisgarh Youth Commission Chairman Vishwavijay Singh Tomar and a large number of youth and common citizens from across the state were present in the function.