• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched three ambitious schemes on 12 March for skill development and employment generation for youths in the state.
• The three schemes are Kaushal Satrang scheme, Chief Minister Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (CMAPS) and the Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (YUVA).
• The state government has also announced to depute ”Arogya Mitras” at all primary health centres to inform people about government health schemes.

UP Kuashal Satrang Yojana 2020 

• Kaushal Satrang scheme is a skill development scheme with 7 components to help provide job opportunities to the youth.
• Under this scheme, each district will organize Mega job fair.

Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (YUVA Hub Yojana)

• Yuva Hubs scheme will facilitate startups to create jobs. Yuva Hubs will be set up in each districts of the state to make youths self dependent by providing them appropriate training programmes, so that they would be able to get suitable jobs as per their qualification.
• An amount of Rs. 50 crore is proposed to setup YUVA Hub in every district.
• Overall amount of Rs. 1,200 crore has been allocated to the scheme in the UP budget 2020-21.

CM Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (CMAPS)

• This is a UP Govt. Internship Scheme to impart on-job training to youths of state.
• In this scheme, jobless people will not only get training but will also get Rs. 2500 per month as stipend.
• A provision of Rs. 100 crore has been allocated to the theme
• All the unemployed candidates will get this training in MSME units and government will link them with employment of definite period.