SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, EQUALITY AND INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION IN UTTAR PRADESH SINCE 2000

The situaon of marginalized and underprivileged was dismal in U!ar Pradesh in Terms ofeducaon and employment before 1991. A drasc, radical change in the powerful Bahujan polics hasbestowed an influenal Dalit woman as the chief minister of U!ar Pradesh, one of India's largest andmost populous states. According to a Technical Report of the Naonal Commission, the populaon ofU!ar Pradesh was projected to be 241,265,000, or 241.27 million, or 24.13 crore, as of July 1, 2025(Commission, 2025). We can now even place U!ar Pradesh a9er the fi9h populous country in theworld in terms of Populaon. U!ar Pradesh is home to 85% SC, STs and OBCs, and in terms of theScheduled Cates populaon, it is included in the top three leading states in India. The Iron Lady got achance to change the socio-economic condions of marginalized in the country, as a large populaonof marginalized lives in U!ar Pradesh. She had been using her vision and power in the transformaonand socio-economic development of U!ar Pradesh in a muldimensional manner. Her administraveskills, teaching experience, legal knowledge and long-term planning were highly regarded by manybureaucrats and policians worldwide. She had been included in the Forbes 500 list as the mostpowerful woman in the world in 2008. Yes, she is known as Behan Mayawa ji. Her vision was focusedon upli9ing the lives of marginalized and poor; therefore, she was underway to improve wages, highereducaon, recruitment condions and employment situaon largely in the primary and secondarysectors. The works covered Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1,3,4, 8, 9 and 10. This study usessecondary data and reports, documents from naonal and internaonal bodies, and governmentdatabases from 2000 onwards. Decent employment, Equal access to resources and Quality Educaonare the rights of every cizen. Generang sufficient employment and developing a quality highereducaon framework is a joint responsibility of both the central and state governments. Reducon ininequality is a chief goal in the most populated countries, as income gaps and socio-economicinequality are widening. An overview of the status of marginalized people in employment, educaonand the economy in U!ar Pradesh a9er 2000 is presented in this study.