UTTAR PRADESH

State water supply minister Kunvarji Bavaliya said that the per capita water availability in the state will be doubled in the next 25 years. Bavaliya said the present per capita availability of water in Gujarat is 850 cubic metres, which will be increased to 1,700 cubic metres by 2047.

Bavaliya is participating in the 1st All India Annual States Ministers Conference on Water Vision@2047 which began on Thursday in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The water resources ministers of 30 states, Union ministers and officials are participating in the conference. Bavaliya said the state government has undertaken a strategic programme to eradicate water scarcity. He listed programmes implemented in areas of Gujarat that faced water scarcity. Gujarat has ensured a marked decrease in critical, semi-critical and dark zones in 20 years, Bavaliya said.

The Namami Gange project has finally succeeded in giving a new lease of life to Yamuna as a major work of purification of this river has been carried out in Mathura.

According to the data released by Jal Nigam, 20 drains have been tapped at a cost of Rs 460.45 crore. Also, a new sewage treatment plant (STP) of 30 MLD (million litres per day) has been prepared. Along with rejuvenating the rivers, the problem of sewerage falling in them is being solved with a state-of-the-art method.

On the other hand, the Ramganga sewerage scheme in Moradabad has brought about a big change under the Namami Gange project. In Mathura, sewerage from 13 drains has been stopped from falling into the river Yamuna at a cost of Rs 330.05 crore and an STP of 58 MLD has been set up.

Besides, a faecal sludge treatment plant (FSTP) of 10 KLD (kilolitres per day) has been set up at Chunar Nagar of Mirzapur at a cost of Rs 2.70 crore. In Firozabad, two big drains have been tapped by the I&D method at a cost of Rs 51.06 crore. In Kasganj, construction of 58 MLD STPs has been completed along with tapping of two drains at a cost of Rs 76.73 crore.

In the last four-and-a-half years, the state government has provided over 40 lakh houses under PMAY-G. Before 2017, UP was nowhere in PM Awas Yojana, or SVANidhi Yojana but as soon as our government assumed office, the state clinched the first position in providing homes to residents of the state under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), Yogi said.

The manufacturing clusters are expected to attract investments of more than Rs 15,000 crore and generate more than one lakh direct and indirect employment.

According to UPSIDA Chief Executive Officer Mayur Maheshwari, the Central government has approved the proposals to set up these IMCs in order to strike a balance between the development of eastern and western UP.

UPSIDA, a nodal agency, plans to develop these IMCs on the pattern of smart cities with the best global practices and standards. With the establishment of these clusters, industrial and commercial activities are expected to accelerate in Prayagraj and Agra.

It is worth mentioning here that the total length of the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC), which passes through seven states, is 1,839 kilometres of which about 57 per cent is in Uttar Pradesh. However, AKIC aims to develop one industrial cluster in each of the seven states. Only Uttar Pradesh will have two IMCs.

The Government of India will have an equity stake in the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to be created for building the clusters while a master planner of international repute will be appointed to conceptualise the world-class project.

In a remarkable achievement for the Uttar Pradesh Government, the state has secured the top position nationwide in effectively implementing eight welfare schemes for the underprivileged and the needy. This achievement also highlights Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths sensitivity towards common people.

The eight schemes include Prime Minister SVANidhi Yojana among others, which seeks to uplift street vendors by providing them interest free loans for running their businesses.

Uttar Pradesh tops in the country by providing the benefits of the scheme to maximum number of street vendors. Madhya Pradesh ranks second and Telangana third in taking the welfare scheme to the people.
An official spokesman of the government said that the chief ministers regular monitoring and reviewing of implementation of a variety of central governments schemes in the state had put Uttar Pradesh at the forefront in delivering its benefits to people.

So far, the benefit of eight central schemes has been given to 20,74,450 beneficiaries in the state. At the same time, Uttar Pradesh is also on top in the country in terms of digital transactions done by vendors. At present there are 4,90,240 digitally active vendors in the state, who have carried out digital transactions of Rs 63,78,24,790 so far. Maximum digital vendors are active in Varanasi, Firozabad, Prayagraj, Jhansi and Lucknow.

In a bid to help farmers maintain their fields and crops, agricultural committees and self-help groups inUttar Pradeshwill be provided drones on 40 percent subsidy.

In the first phase, farmers’ group, cooperative societies and agriculture graduates will be eligible for subsidies.

According to officials, a drone is capable of carrying 10-12 kg of nano (liquid) urea or pesticide and can spray the fertilizer on sugarcane crops across eight bighas of land in 10 minutes.
The drones will reduce both the cost of production of the crops and time as well.
Last year, farmers were witness to the first-of-its-kind trial of nano urea by the sugarcane department in Bijnor’s Mandawali village.

Uttar Pradesh government is committed to timely selection of teachers for basic, secondary and higher educational institutes and an integrated service selection commission will soon be set up for the purpose, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday. While reviewing the teacher recruitment process in educational institutions in the state, Adityanath also gave necessary guidelines regarding the formation of ‘Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission’ as an integrated commission.

Different authorities, boards and commissions operate for the selection of qualified teachers in basic, secondary, higher and technical educational institutions of the state.

Apart from the Examination Regulatory Authority, Secondary Education Service Selection Commission and Higher Education Service Selection Commission, selection is also done through Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission.

The commission will prove to be useful in ensuring timely selection of teachers, better utilization of human resources and financial discipline.

Complying with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths instructions, the Home department has decided to prepare a training programme/manual for regulation, manufacturing and manpower training on the use of drones.

A high-level committee has been set up for this. It is chaired by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi and has top officials of Revenue, Industry, Technical Education, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Civil Aviation departments and UP Director General of Police and Director General of Police (Logistics).

Besides, technical experts from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow have been also included in the committee.

To create jobs for people fromUttar Pradesh, the state government has decided to provide subsidy to industries on the basis of the employment they generate.
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanathhas asked officials to visit industries regularly to ensure they are meeting the criteria for providing local employment.

The policy also has the provision for a booster subsidy on employment of 75% women, besides meeting the minimum requirement.

In addition to the subsidy laid out in the policy, large and mega industries would get an additional subsidy of 2% each, while super mega and ultra mega industries will get booster subsidies of 4% each if they employ at least 75% women in their work force. This subsidy may also be extended to industries if they employ 2-3 times as much work force as has been assigned to their category.

On December 13, Modi will be inaugurating his dream project, Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham, following which each house in Varanasi will receive prasad from the temple as also a book on the project. Also, a programme, Bhavya Kashi Divya Kashi, will be organised on both days of his visit.

Significantly, during the 2017 elections, Modi had campaigned in Varanasi for three days and attended different programmes. This time too, he will be taking part in more than a dozen events during his visit.

The fertiliser plant will ensure large-scale supply of neem-coated urea in eastern Uttar Pradesh as well as in adjoining states and even in Nepal. The trial production in the plant will begin on November 30.