<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">A grand statue of Amar Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad will be installed in Bhopal. At the base of the statue, soil brought from Bhabra, the birthplace of Azad, will be used and the statue site will be developed as a source of inspiration for the youth.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">This information was given by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan while addressing the inaugural session of the first state-level Youth Mahapanchayat organized in Bhopal on the 116th birth anniversary of Amar Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad today.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur also addressed the programme virtually from New Delhi.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">At the same time, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that no challenge is too big for the youth of India. He appealed to the youth to establish India at the level of Vishwa Guru in the next 25 years and work with a dedicated spirit to build a self-reliant India.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Chief Minister said that one lakh government jobs would be provided in a year in the state and the process of recruitment would start from August 15. Along with this, 2 lakh youth will be associated with self-employment every month.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Chouhan informed that a new youth policy would be prepared incorporating the suggestions of the youth in the state, which would be implemented from January 12, the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The programme was also addressed by the State Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare, Mrs Yashodhara Raje Scindia and Eric Solheim, the former Executive Director of Environment Programs at the United Nations.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The two-day Mahapanchayat will have discussions on Environment and Youth, Next Zen Startups, Mera MP-Mera Gaurav, Youth and Social Development, Youth Champions of MP and Youth and Democracy.</span></p>