Lucknow. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has made it clear that the future of Uttar Pradesh will be coined on the theme of ‘educated childhood and healthy family’ in the coming 22 years, keeping the vision of ‘developed UP @2047’. Its goal is that the state should not only be made an economy of $ 6 trillion, but every section of the society should be empowered with basic facilities like education and health.
Strategic direction of health sector
Under the goals of Vision 2030 and 2047, it is planned to strengthen health services in the state widely. By 2030, 50 percent homes and all houses by 2047 have been targeted to cover with medical insurance. It is a priority to bring maternal and infant mortality rate according to the SDG target. Along with this, 2 new AIIMS, 3 new pharma parks and 2 new medical devices will be set up in the state. A roadmap has been prepared to increase the density of the health workforce to 40 per thousand. By making medical tourism, child nutrition and healthcare research a strategic pillar, the state is being worked towards providing new identity in the health sector globally.
UP will be established as the center of knowledge and skills
Under ‘Gyanandeep and Yuva Shakti’, a target has been set to prepare a global workforce for Uttar Pradesh by 2047. For this, Foundational Literacy and Numercy (FLN) will be strengthened and digital classrooms, e-learning and Edtech will be massively applied in schools. There will be special force on promoting teachers training and research-innovation. Also, keeping in mind the needs of industry 4.0, the youth will be prepared through skilling and dual education systems. Concrete steps will be taken towards establishing inclusive education and global level workforce training as a center of knowledge and skills by creating a new identity of UP.
There was challenges before 2017
Prior to 2017, the situation in both education and health regions in the state was very worrying. The reach of schools in rural areas was limited and most institutions lacking basic facilities. Due to teacher absence, lack of books and teaching resources, children’s education remained incomplete, due to which the student dropout rate was increasing on a large scale. Similarly, the condition of health services was also weak, where due to adequate medical infrastructure and lack of trained health workers, the common man could not be easily available to basic treatment.
Comprehensive reforms and concrete steps taken from 2017 to 2025
In the last eight and a half years, there have been significant changes in education and health sector under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Under the School Chalo Abhiyan and Sharda program, 40 lakh new children were enrolled, while the number of children who got the right to education in RTE expansion increased from 22 thousand to 4.3 lakhs and a fee reimbursement of Rs 638 crore was ensured. Along with this, 19 basic facilities were made available in primary and upper primary schools through Operation Rejuvenation, while Atal Residential Schools are operating in 18 divisions of the state and providing quality education to poor and disadvantaged children. Project Alankar added facilities like library, lab, hall, drinking water, toilets and electrification in secondary schools.
UP also takes historical steps in the health sector
Over the years, big steps have been taken towards strengthening health services in the state. The network of medical colleges and health centers was expanded, while initiatives like Jan Aushadhi Kendras and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana brought great relief to the poor and needy. Now a clear roadmap has been prepared to take health services to global standards under Vision 2030 and 2047, so that every citizen can get better and accessible treatment.
State will become 6 trillion dollars economy through education and health
The target has been set to reach the state’s GSDP to 6 trillion dollars by 2047. According to the roadmap prepared for this, it will be taken from $ 353 billion in 2025 to take 1 trillion by 2030, $ 2 trillion by 2036 and $ 6 trillion by 2047. To achieve this ambitious target, an average of 16 percent annual growth rate (CAGR) will have to be maintained for the next 22 years. According to the vision, a target has been set to bring per capita income to Rs 26 lakh by 2047 and to take Uttar Pradesh’s stake in India’s GDP to 20 percent.
