UTTAR PRADESH

Nothing green about horticulture works in Uttar Pradesh

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It is more of a norm than an exception inUttar Pradesh, where the departments are headed by civil engineers in 29 development authorities in the state. The resultant state of horticulture is there for all to see.

The facility that was constituted with an aim to have an effective planning to develop parks, plantations, green belts, vegetated landscapes and urban/rural forests to enrich the atmospheric air with Oxygen is in a shambles, feel both environmentalists and constituents of the UP horticulture department. The primary cause of the grim picture of green works is the absence of dedicated horticulture departments in the public authorities.

Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences/ECOLOGY/Forestry are two completely different disciplines and a person qualified in one stream cannot take up or perform the job of another, whose requirements are completely different.

A distinct and dedicated horticulture department in a public authority is vital to prevent, control and abate the rising Air Pollution in most of the cities of Uttar Pradesh.

State set to get 20 hi-tech prisons to ease overcrowding

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To deal with the overcrowding inUttar Pradeshjails, theYogi Adityanathgovernment has decided to construct 20 new, hi-tech jails in the state, including one each in 11 districts that do not have any prison at present.

On the instructions of CM Yogi, a hugebudgethas been released for the task and the prisons department has been given the green signal to go ahead with the works.

The eleven districts which will get a new jail each for the first time include Amethi and Mahoba (with a capacity of 990 inmates each), Kushinagar, Chandauli, Auraiya, Hapur, Sambhal, Amroha and Bhadohi (with a capacity of 1,000 inmates each), Hathras (1,026) and Shamli (2000). At the same time, the process of construction of a second district jail for 1000 inmates has started in Lalitpur. Besides, funds have been approved for the repair and renovation of Bareillys old jail, which will have a capacity of 2,579 prisoners.

Samsung in talks with Lucknow University for skill sector

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A delegation from Samsung, led bySamsungIndia and Southwest Asia CEO, JB Park met chief ministerYogi Adityanath.

The delegation informed him that in addition to having set up a mobile manufacturing unit in the state, the company was also keen to enter the skill upgradation sector. Park said that the company was in touch with Lucknow University for this and a process had been initiated.

Park thanked the for having given the company support for its various investments. He said that during the Covid period, when Samsung units were shutting down across the world, its mobile manufacturing plant in Noida was functioning without any problem.

The CM assured the delegation that the company would be provided full support from the government as per the policy in place for the sector. He also expressed hope that in the near future, Samsung would also invest in various other sectors in UP.

UP took giant green leap in 4 years: CM Yogi Adityanath

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Chief ministerYogi Adityanathsaid that UP has done a lot since 2017 for conservation of Environment, but it still has challenges to meet. Incidents of stubble burning are a challenge. The season is about to start when such incidents will take place, he said, adding that there have been instructions from the NGT and the department for environment, forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change has also made a lot of efforts to control it, but there is a need to do more to create awareness. We still need more effort. Inter-departmental coordination is needed to control it, said the CM.

The CM inaugurated the two-dayUttar PradeshClimate Change Conclave-2021 on Thursday and said, Being the biggest state in the country we also have a bigger responsibility towards environment conservation. Also, when we conserve nature, it gives us much more protection. No wonder, we call it Mother Nature, it has the traits of a mother.

Highlighting efforts done by his government for conservation of the Ganga, he said the State Government took out two yatras, one from Ballia to Kanpur and the other fromBijnorto Kanpur, in February last year to increase awareness about the Gangas cleanliness and ecological flow.

Uttar Pradesh government’s plantation drive to also bring income to ‘gaushalas’

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Plantation of 30cr trees in the state in coming July would be an`organic’ exercisecompletely with no chemical Fertilizers and pesticides being used. Organic compost and`jeevamrut’ will be used instead of chemical formulations. It will be an extra Source Of Income for `gaushalas’ as is keen to make them self-reliant.

Gaushala’ products were used for plantation for the first time, on a large scale, last year. State nurseries had prepared `jeevamrut’ on their own. This time the move is being repeated.

There are about 1,700 nurseries in the state and last year, forest department had raised 44cr saplings to plant 25cr trees in a day. This time, nurseries may raise a higher number of saplings.

Yogi directive to set up a drone manufacturing unit

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to prepare a concrete action plan for setting up a drone manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh and also directed them to chalk out plans to compile the rich HISTORY of villages and cities of the state.

Yogi also directed the officials to chart rules and regulations on the use of drones.

Meanwhile, in a bid to document the rich mythological, historical and cultural history of cities and village panchayats across the state, the chief minister sought compilation of data in this connection and directed the Urban and Rural Development departments to chalk out plans to celebrate ‘Gram Diwas’ and ‘Nagar Diwas’ respectively on lines of Uttar Pradesh Day.

Govt to develop central, west UP as BPharma, medical device parks

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The Uttar Pradesh government will develop central and western Uttar Pradesh as BPharma and medical device parks.

For this, the government will give a subsidy on interest to the company on the purchase of pharma park land. “Medical devices and medicines made in UP will be supplied to Germany, France, South Asia and the USA,” said a statement

. At present, UPs Growth state value addition (GSVN) in the field of medicine is less than one billion dollars and it needs to be increased to 2-3 billion dollars. To increase this, Gautam Buddha Nagar has been selected to develop the medical devices park.

The Yogi government will give interest subsidy of up to 50 per cent on the purchase of land to the giants of the medical for setting up pharma parks in UP and up to 60 per cent interest subsidy on the construction of basic facilities along with common facilities inside the pharma parks.

Due to the support extended by the Central government, Uttar Pradesh is turning into a medical hub. There was a time when the state was lacking in health facilities, but now all the 75 districts in the state are equipped with ICU beds, 1.80 lakh emergency beds, and 518 oxygen plants becoming operational, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said.

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Highlighting the augmented Health Services in the state, the CM said that facilities like ventilators have also been made available in all the districts. As many as 33 medical colleges are being built, of which nine have become operational.

Uttar Pradesh cabinet OKs land for BrahMos unit in state capital

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The state cabinet paved the way for setting up a DEFENCE unit to manufacture BrahMos in the Lucknow node of the defence corridor by clearing a proposal to allot 80 hectares of land for a token Re 1 annual lease rent.

The unit would come up in the Sarojininagar area of the city. The cabinet also cleared the proposal for direct bank transfer of cash to students of classes 1 to 8 to purchase school uniforms, books, sweaters, socks and shoes. The cabinet approved the easing of rules of the UP Defence and Aerospace Unit and EMPLOYMENT Generation Policy of 2018.

Cabinet clears Rs 1,800cr proposal for bank transfer to schoolkids for uniformIt will allow easy allotment of land to two projects which will be setting up facilities in UPs upcoming defence corridor. While the one unit would manufacture Brah-Mos missiles, the other unit would manufacture propulsion systems used in Akash missiles.

Under the change in the defence policy, Bharat Dynamics Ltd is being given a 25% concession in price of land and allotment of 183 hectare land at a token annual lease rent of Re 1. The company is planning to set up a unit in the Jhansi node of the defence corridor where it will use indigenous technology to manufacture propulsion systems used in the Akash Missiles and will be investing Rs 400 crore in the project and provide employment to about 100 people.

Electronic Park in Uttar Pradesh

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The Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh authorities have cleared a thought to strengthen an Electronic Park, alongside the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area, close to Noida, to promote the electronics .

Highlights:

The park is proposed to be developed in a region of 250 acres of the YEIDA close to Jewar Airport.

National and worldwide groups manufacturing mobile phones, TVs and different digital gadgets and add-ons will set up their devices in the park.

The new Electronic Park will be constructed at a funding of around Rs 50,000 crore to generate EMPLOYMENT for hundreds of neighborhood youths.