UTTAR PRADESH

With the aim to introduce new technology in the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector and make agricultural products globally competitive, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed setting up of a Tissue Culture laboratory at Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology in Ayodhya.

The objective of the tissue culture technology is to make quality planting material and planting of quality disease-free crops. The laboratory will be spread on a spacious 3-hectare campus. UP Rajya Krishi Utpadan Mandi Parishad will finance the project.

Yogi Adityanath on Monday presided over the 168th meeting of the Board of Directors of the UP Rajya Krishi Utpadan Mandi Parishad. He issued several directives for ensuring protection of the interest of the farmers.

The chief minister said the efforts being made by the Mandi Parishad in the interests of the farmers were commendable. He said there was no impact on the income of the agricultural mandis even after reduction of the mandi fee on several agricultural crops.

Against an income of Rs 614 crore in the financial year 2021-22, Mandi Parishad garnered revenue of Rs 1,520.95 crore in 2022-23. Besides, Rs 251.61 crore revenue has already been collected in the first two months of the current financial year 2023-24. The increase in revenue collection from mandis is commendable, even though the mandi fee is minimal.

The chief minister said that it was encouraging that hostels were being constructed in agricultural universities with the help of Mandi Parishad. He said the construction of these hostels should be completed in a time-bound manner, keeping in view the quality and these under-construction hostels should be inspected by the agriculture minister.

The chief minister said that the buildings of the Agricultural Produce Market Committees were in bad shape and unusable in various districts. He said a comprehensive action plan should be prepared for the systematic use of this land/building. He said the strengthening of the existing Infrastructure of agriculture mandis would add to their income.

In view of the increase in the number of patients due to rising road accidents in the state, beds were expanded in the trauma centers of Level-1. Considering the SGPGI and KGMU’s Trauma Center, the number of beds and ventilators has been increased. With the commitment to provide affordable and up-to-date medical facilities to the people of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has planned to construct a medical college in each of the 75 districts of UP. Also his novel concept of Jan Arogya Mela is also a similar endeavour to take Health Services close to the homes of the people. In this sequence, the government has planned to open medical colleges on the public-private-PARTNERSHIP (PPP) model in 16 districts of the state that do not have any college till now,

With an aim to popularise electric vehicles (EVs) in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government has entrusted the Urban Development department with the responsibility of setting up of EV charging stations across the state.

As per the provisions of the policy the department has started the process of extending the Comprehensive Electric Mobility Plan (CEMP) to 17 cities with municipal corporations as soon as possible, under the Smart City Mission.

As per the EV policy, land will be made available on lease for a period of 10 years to government entities for setting up charging stations. The revenue sharing model prescribed as per the norms of the Ministry of Power will be the basis for the creation of charging . Lease period, revenue sharing rate and other prescribed parameters will be updated from time to time.

Similarly, land will be provided on lease for a period of 10 years to private entities as well for setting up charging stations through equitable revenue sharing model. The selection of institutions will be made on the basis of the minimum service fee quoted by a firm in tender application forms, which will serve as the bidding parameter so that consumers have to pay the minimum charging fee.

The private entities will be required to follow other guidelines notified by the Ministry of Power and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs from time to time.

Claiming that there is no shortage of Oxygen in the state, the UP government on Monday said it has acquired 750 tons of oxygen from the Centre on Monday. Other than this, 81 units across the state are producing more than 900 tons of oxygen per day.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said, he has asked all hospitals with 100 beds or more to set up their own oxygen Plants. This would reduce their dependency on liquid oxygen to a great extent, said a government spokesperson. The CM said that a plan should be prepared to implement this in existing hospitals and all hospitals which come in future should have this facility. MLA funds can be used for this purpose, he said.

He directed the authorities concerned to assess the states current and future demand for oxygen before it approached the Centre. This would help ensure that there is no shortage of oxygen. The food safety and drug administration departments control room should be in touch with all the districts on a regular basis and find out whether they need medicines and oxygen.

As part of its mission to improve the condition of farmers, especially marginal and small farmers, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to increase the grant given to them under Har Khet Ko Pani scheme from Rs 75,000 to Rs 1.75 lakh for medium deep tube well boring.

The Har Khet Ko Pani scheme is a component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).

The amendments introduced by the Yogi government are intended to provide relief to small and marginal farmers. Earlier Rs 10,000 was given for the water distribution system, which has now been raised to Rs 14,000. However, the fixed amount for separate electrification of tube wells will still remain at Rs 68,000.

Furthermore, the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe category farmers will receive a grant of Rs 3.85 lakhs for the mandatory installation of a solar-powered pump on their tube wells of 5 horse power capacity. Scheduled Caste category farmers will get a maximum grant of Rs 5.74 lakh on tube wells, up from Rs 4.70 lakh for medium deep tube well borings, the official said.

For general category farmers, the grant amount for electrification of tube wells will remain the same as earlier at Rs 68,000. However, the grant for general category farmers for tube wells has been increased from Rs 1.78 lakh to Rs 3.47 lakh.

Scheduled Caste category farmers will get a maximum grant of Rs 6.64 lakh on tube wells for deep tube well borings, up from Rs 4.95 lakh. The purchase of solar pumps will be done through Uttar Pradesh New and Development Agency (UPNEDA) and its registered vendors and through the Gem portal.

As part of its ongoing mission to make the rural Population self-reliant, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued strict directives for speedy and transparent implementation of the .

For this, the chief minister has instructed the senior officials to complete the drone survey under the scheme before the stipulated time.

The State Government, which is committed to benefiting the people of the state the most from the Central schemes, is at the forefront in implementing the Pradhan Mantri SVAMITVA scheme (Survey of Village Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas scheme).

Along with this, the gharaunis of 34,193 villages have been prepared. Thus, so far a total of 50,58,229 gharaunis have been prepared, out of which 34,69,879 gharaunis were distributed till June 25, 2022. At the same time, after June 25, 15,88,350 new gharaunis have been prepared.

He said that by June, the drone survey would be completed in all the villages.

The Pradhan Mantri SVAMITVA scheme was started by the Central government in April, 2020. The objective of the scheme is to make rural India economically strong and self-reliant. Through this scheme, the government wants to empower villagers by using technology.

Thus, the Pradhan Mantri SVAMITVA scheme is no less than a boon for the people living in rural areas. Through this, those people of the village are getting the ownership rights of their land, whose land is not registered in any government record.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Culture and Housing departments should coordinate with different development authorities to prepare an action plan for creating a dedicated food street in every city where people may get a wide variety of food belonging to different states and societies.

Referring to the recently held Kashi- Sangamam, the chief minister said that the initiative aimed at bringing people of two diverse cultures together to help them know and understand each other better and unite them. Twelve groups from Tamil Nadu were in Kashi for a month. The groups included students, teachers, religious leaders, artists, handicraftsmen, farmers and labourers. They visited Prayagraj and Ayodhya. This cultural exchange cleared the Tamils misconceptions about Uttar Pradesh and North India which they had formed due to negative propaganda run by some vested interests. It has exposed those propagandists. Every Tamil who came to the Kashi-Tamil Sangamam was overwhelmed by the hospitality of the people of UP< he remarked.