UTTAR PRADESH

The latest data with theFederation of India Exports Organisation(FIEO) shows thatUttar Pradesh’s exports have gone up by Rs 10,000 crore in the past year.

Noida, which is among the most industrialised areas in the state, has topped as the district with most exports at Rs 74,000 crore.
FIEO says that the government’s subsidies to counter the high costs of transportation in view of UP’s landlocked status and push to the one district-one product scheme, have helped in taking the exports up.

As per the data, the total quantum of exports from UP in 2021-22 was Rs 1.57 lakh crore while from April 2022 to February 2023, it touched Rs 1.59 lakh crore. Sources said that with the input from March 2023, it was expected to touch around Rs 1.67 lakh crore.

Compared to other states, UP still has massive potential for improvement.
In 2021-22, Gujarat topped all states with exports of Rs 9.46 lakh crore, followed by Maharashtra with Rs 5.45 lakh crore. UP is fifth on the list, behindTamil Naduand Karnataka.

UP is prominently exporting to the USA, UAE, Germany,United Kingdom, Nepal, France, Spain,Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh. Among the products which are driving up the state’s exports are telecom instruments, buffalo meat, RMGCottonincluding accessories, RMG manmade fibre, leather footwear, saddlery and harness, aluminum and aluminum products, silk and handmade carpets, machinery and engineering goods, wheat, rice, sugar, iron and steel, handicrafts etc.

Uttar Pradesh governmentis likely to introduce a happiness curriculum as apilot projectfrom this academic session. To be called realisation curriculum, it would be introduced in Mathura schools this session onwards.

The District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Mathura has sought the permission of director general, school education, Vijay Kiran Anand, to implement the course in 200 primary and upper primary schools of the district.
The happiness curriculum was first introduced by the Delhi government in 2018. Shravan Kumar Shukla, a government school teacher in Gorakhpur, who was a core team member which developed the happiness curriculum in Delhi, has been approached by the DIET authorities for support.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that the government would provide Sports kits to every village panchayat by next year.

Speaking at the sports kits distribution ceremony, Yogi also appealed to Yuvak Mangal Dal and Mahila Mangal Dal to lead the mission to keep the villages clean and beautiful and develop them as centres of harmony and cohesion.

The chief minister also distributed sports kits to a dozen youth and Women Mangal Dals from different districts of Lucknow division on the occasion.

He said that the opening of village secretariats would not only enable people to get caste, birth and other certificates, but also avail benefits of Ayushman Bharat scheme.

Chief Minister Yogi said that work was going on at a war footing to build playgrounds in 30,000 villages, along with separate open gyms for men and women, mini stadiums in blocks and stadiums in districts.

The chief minister urged members of Yuva Mangal Dal and Mahila Mangal Dal to take on the Leadership role and organise contests in folk arts, music and sports for a healthy in villages, devoid of animosity among people.

Yogi remarked further that youth and women’s Mangal Dals were the basis of India’s prosperity, which could realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of self-reliant India.

State tourism and culture ministerJaiveer Singhon Saturday said thatUttar Pradeshis known for its rich culture and heritage in the last 5-6 years the state has established a new identity, thereby fast becoming the industrial hub of the country.

Chief MinisterYogi Adityanathis spearheading the campaign to improve law and order constantly. Initiatives for better in UP are also bearing fruits. During the recent UP Global Investors Summit, the State Government signed 18,643 MoUs worth Rs 33.5 lakh crore. Bundelkhand and Purvanchal region garnered good numbers of Investment, Singh said, addressing a conference on Making Uttar Pradesh the Unicorn Hub of India during the ongoing Uttar Pradesh International Trade Expo (UPITEX).

The Uttar Pradesh government, riding on the global shift to green energy, is looking to attract private investments of up to Rs 50,000 crore in the solar and bio energy sectors.

The state has set a target to generate 22,000 megawatt (MW) of solar power over the next five years. It would comprise 14,000 MW from solar parks and 6,000 MW through rooftop solar power Plants.

The government is also drafting a green hydrogen policy in line with the Centre. The Asia-Pacific region is expected to be the fastest growing in the global landscape in this decade.

Unveiled in February, Indias green hydrogen policy offers cheaper renewable power and financial waivers for interstate power transmission for 25 years for projects commissioned before June 2025. Incentives include land at cheaper rates in energy parks and dedicated zones for local industries.

Green hydrogen is produced by breaking down water in an electrolyser using . Later, hydrogen can be combined with nitrogen to make green ammonia, thus avoiding planet-warming hydrocarbons. Green ammonia is used to store energy and make fertilisers.

According to reports, the global green hydrogen market was valued at $1.83 billion in 2021, and is estimated at almost $90 billion by 2030, expanding at a compound annual Growth rate (CAGR) of 54 per cent from 2021 to 2030.

With a possible third wave of Covid-19 looming amid omicron threat, theUttar Pradeshgovernment has said that the state is working to become ‘self-reliant’ in generation of medical Oxygen. Over 550 oxygen Plants have been operationalized in the state while another 10 are expected to become functional very soon.

The government had made oxygen plants mandatory in all hospitals having more than 50 beds and district administrations are carrying out real-time monitoring of the work. Oxygen plants are also being set up at community Health centres and primary health centres.

The Uttar Pradesh government, with the objective of attaining the goal of a US$ 1-trillion economy by 2027, is focusing on the manufacturing sector. At present, the states gross state domestic product (GSDP) is estimated at $230 billion while the contribution of the manufacturing sector is pegged at about 14 per cent, which the government is looking to boost threefold to 45 per cent. To achieve the target, the government is laying greater emphasis on setting up and expanding new industries.

The seven thrust manufacturing verticals identified by the include leather, textile, toys & games, DEFENCE, electronics, machinery, and electric vehicles. Recently, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presided over a high-level meeting with top echelons of the Industrial Development department to sketch a broader action plan in this regard.

Besides, the government has estimated that the quantum of fresh Investment in the economy needs to be ramped up from the current level of 42 per cent to 47 per cent of the GSDP as well. UP is among Indias top producers and exporters of toys, leather goods, and textiles in the country.

According to the states projections, UPs exports can surge to over $200 billion by 2027 if the state is able to capture just 5 per cent of the global export market of leather, textile, toys & games, defence, and electronic products.

Moreover, the state can achieve an economy of $14 billion by catering to just 10 per cent of the global electric vehicles export market.

At present, China exports up to 29 per cent of the worlds textiles/clothes compared to Indias 3 per cent; whereas UP exports up to 23 per cent of Indias textile exports.

Similarly, China accounts for 32 per cent of the global leather export compared to Indias 2 per cent; whereas UPs contribution to Indias leather export is 43 per cent.

China exports 58 per cent of the global toys and sporting products, whereas India only exports 0.4 per cent; while the contribution of UP in the national export basket is about 32 per cent. In fact, the government is eyeing to position the UP export basket in the key markets that China caters to in the Asian, African, and Latin American markets.

As India crossed the milestone of 100 crore Covid-19 doses, the share of UP, with 12.3 crore jabs, stood at more than 12%, which is highest in the country. Maharashtra, with over 9.3 crore doses and West Bengal with 6.9 crore doses are the next two states in terms of total inoculations.

In UP, 9.48 crore persons have taken the first dose while 2.83 crore are fully vaccinated. This means that 81% of the 15.04 crore eligible persons in UP have taken at least one dose while 18.4% are fully vaccinated.

Experts appreciated the enormity of the work undertaken in UP, especially in the Light of factors like limited availability of Vaccines, Union Government‘s vaccination priority to high prevalence states like Maharashtra and Kerala in early stages and the scale of implementation challenge in UP.