UTTAR PRADESH

With the aim to make Uttar Pradesh a textile hub, a mega textile park, to be known as Sant PM Mitra Textile and Apparel Park Limited, will be developed between Lucknow and Hardoi.

He said chikankari and zari-zardozi of Lucknow, handloom of Hardoi and Barabanki, carpet of Sitapur, zari-zardozi of Unnao, hosiery and textile of Kanpur, block printing and zari-zardozi of Farrukhabad, zari-zardozi of Shahjahanpur, handloom Industry of Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur and Rampur, silk, handloom and textile clusters of Mau and Varanasi and apparel clusters of Gautam Buddha Nagar will be set up in a single complex.

Uttar Pradeshs Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Minister Rakesh Sachan said that the centuries-old traditional and economic relations between India and the UAE would further get strengthened through the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit -2023, which would prove to be a milestone for UP and UAE.

The UAE ministers said that this was just the beginning as in the coming times many of their investors would move to UP and take advantage of the -friendly Environment brought about by the Yogi Adityanath government in UP.

At the same time, Elana Group has also announced investment in the Food Processing sector. An agreement has also been signed with Lulu Mall for self-help groups, so that the products made by the Women of SHGs can also reach the people through these malls, he added.

Land-locked Uttar Pradesh, aiming to become a trillion-dollar economy by 2027, will develop a Network of dry and freight container stations to boost exports. The State Government is planning to develop a modern Logistics ecosystem in PARTNERSHIP with private players.

A dry port is an inland inter-modal port directly linked to a seaport by roads or RAILWAY to facilitate faster movement of export cargo. Under the UP Warehousing and Logistic Policy 2022, the state will fast-track land allotments for logistics parks and offer a string of subsidies and incentives to attract private investments.

The state will support the private sector for the development of storage facilities, cold chains, multi-modal parks, container depots and container freight stations Infrastructure in the state.

The state targets to hike merchandise exports from Rs 1.56 trillion to nearly Rs 3 trillion in three years. The government has said it will also leverage the Varanasi-Haldia inland waterway to catalyse exports.

The state is planning to harness the comparatively cheaper cargo movement from Varanasi via the waterway to seaport in West Bengal to boost shipments of farm and Dairy products apart from micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) items.

Under the new UP logistics policy, the state will also develop a network of transport infrastructure, upgrade existing warehousing and logistics infrastructure, pare logistics cost, and promote operational efficiency in logistics.

CallingUttarPradesh the primary mover of Indias progress,CEO Amitabh Kant said on Monday that over the past five years, the state had recorded incredible improvement in law and order, ease of living and Ease of Doing Business, and the development was possible because of the honesty and Integrity of the current government.

Niti Aayog carried out an analysis of the state and found that the biggest impact of this government had been on law and order. In the past four to five years, they have systematically demolished themafiaand allowed development to take place, he said at the concluding session of TheTimes of India DestinationUttar Pradesh Conclave.

Kant said UP had 28% of the countrys entire Network of expressways, with the government having given Infrastructure development a massive push.

Kant said UP had a huge role to play in realising PM Modis vision of a $5 trillion economy. UP is on its way to become the second largest economy in the country. Its contribution to Indias GDP is 8.5%, a result of its about 11% Growth over the past few years. This, it achieved by implementing over 500 reforms, he said.

Domestic tourism grew by 27% in Uttar Pradesh in the financial year 2021-2022 compared to the previous fiscal according to an assessment undertaken by theUnion ministry of tourism.

In terms of overall domestic tourism activity in the country, UP emerged as the second biggest contributor – after Nadu– with over 16% share in the national Pie. Against 8.6 crore tourists in 2020-21, UP was visited by 10.9 crore persons in 2021-22.

The state also made it to the top ten states witnessing foreign tourist visits in 2021. UP ranked seventh in the category and accounted for over 4% share of the total foreign tourists’ share.

Industry experts and officials at thestate tourism departmentsaid that the numbers speak for the fact that the sector was slowly limping back to normal. They also noted that the projections for the current year indicate further improvement.

The proposed new policy has broadened its canvas which will give a chance to smaller players. Alongside, it has proposed to give industry status to the tourism sector projects – often described as a magnet from the Investment point of view. It has also created a district-level Network for tourism promotion and coordination.

Nine medical colleges of UP attached with their existing district hospitals received the approval to start TEACHING for the academic session 2021-2022 by the National Medical Commission (NMC). All of these nine medical colleges are scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 25.

As many as 100 MBBS seats were proposed for each of these nine medical colleges which are based in Etah, Deoria, Sidharthnagar, Pratapgarh, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Fatehpur and Mirzapur.

“It is a historical achievement for the UP government. The NMC has approved teaching for the academic session 2021-2022 to all of the proposed nine medical colleges by the state. All of these nine medical colleges are expected to be inaugurated by PM Modi on October 25,” he said.

The state chief minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath had previously said that with centre and state Resources, a chain of medical colleges has been established in UP covering as many as 59 districts.

Eight of these nine medical colleges have been converted to their new from that of the existing district hospital at an Average project cost of over Rs 200 crore each. The exception being Jaunpur Medical College which is being set up at a project cost of around Rs 555 crore, half of which has been released.

The digital transformation of these panchayat bhawans has not only linked distant regions to the mainstream Society but has also ensured effective and transparent implementation of government welfare schemes at the grassroots level, thereby benefiting every eligible person.

In another attempt to create EMPLOYMENT opportunities for the youth in their respective rural residential areas, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the government has created over 116 crore man days and provided employment to about 1.50 crore workers. As many as 52,634 community toilets have also been constructed to end open defecation. Village secretariats have been established in every gram panchayat to make rural Governance more responsive towards local development needs and to provide the benefits of government schemes to all.

The has also ensured uninterrupted power supply to villages for at least 20-22 hours in a day, in contrast to the previous regimes. Such efforts have not only transformed the villages but have also improved the standard of living of the rural populace.

Besides improving the condition of villages, the government has also laid special emphasis on empowering rural Women socially and economically. In this regard, over five lakh women committees have been formed and nearly 48,565 self-help groups have been entrusted with the responsibility for maintenance of community toilets built in these areas. As many as 15,000 women have been deployed as Swachhagrahis. In addition, 4,450 pink toilets have been constructed for women and girls.

The Ministry of Rural Development is organizing “Saras Aajeevika Mela 2021” in Noida Haat.

More than 300 rural self-help groups and artisans from 27 states are participating in the Mela event.

In Mela (exhibition), a booth showing regional cuisines and cultural performances is being organized.

During Mela, workshops on product packaging and design, Communication skills, Social Media promotion and Business 2 Business Marketing will be organized to educate rural self-help groups and craftsmen.

By participating in SARAS Aajeevika Mela, these rural SHG Women have gained critical national level understanding to understand the needs and tastes of urban customers.