LUCKNOW, Oct. 11 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said girls' education and women's self-reliance were priorities for the Uttar Pradesh government, adding that ensuring women's dignity, security and economic independence was essential to establishing Ram Rajya.

Addressing a programme organised under the 'Shiksha Ki Udaan' initiative at the Devipatan temple complex in Balrampur district, the CM said that before 2017, every fifth girl in the state dropped out of school midway through her education due to a lack of basic facilities, including toilets and drinking water.

He said the government now provided 1.60 crore children with two sets of uniforms, bags, books, sweaters, shoes and socks every year.

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