Recruitments are fair, transparent now: Yogi

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said here on Friday that the state government was conducting recruitments for various government posts in a transparent and fair manner. Jobs were being given on the basis of merit and not on recommendation, he said.

Five lakh youths got government jobs in five and a half years through transparent process. The unemployment rate in UP had declined from 18-19% in 2016 to 2.7% in 2022, he said.

While giving appointment letters to 332 excise constables in a programme organized in the Lok Bhwan auditorium, the CM said it was a matter of pride and happiness that appointment letters had been given to 109 women constables during the auspicious Shardiya Navratri.

The state government had installed 33 new distilleries in five and a half years. The distilleries also produced alcohol, which was used in medicines and in laboratories, he said.

Yogi said by the end of this financial year, the excise department would collect ₹42,000 crore as revenue, whereas during review it was found that in 2017, the department collected ₹12,000 crore as revenue against a target of ₹14,000 crore. The revenue had increased despite the state government order to not run liquor outlets near state highways, intersections of localities and hospitals, he said.