UTTAR PRADESH

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.

The Sangam city is all decked up to welcome Prime MinisterNarendra Modiwho will attend a programme on Tuesday to promoteWomen Empowermentand transfer Rs 1,000 crore to the bank accounts of self-help groups benefiting 16 lakh women.

A pandal has been prepared on 85,000 square metre area on Parade ground where arrangement has been made for seating of around 3.5 lakh women. The stage has been handed over to the special protection group (SPG) for security reasons.

The organisers have decided that the beneficiaries will be seated in threee wings, nine rows and 68 blocks. At least 1,920 teachers have been put on duty and 383 teachers have been posted as nodal officers. Arrangement has been made for parking of 4,000 vehicles.

The women beneficiaries include BC Sakhis (60,000), community toilet operators (57,000), take-Home ration plant operators (4,040), SHG workers (1.15 lakh), and Kanya Sumangala (37,000).

In the Uttar Pradesh city of Jhansi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over an advanced electronic warfare system known as ‘Shakti’ to the Navy on 19 November 2021.

Highlights:

Shakti is designed to intercept, detect, classify, identify, and jam both traditional and modern radars. Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) built it for the Navy’s capital warships.

The Prime Minister also presented the Chief of the Naval Staff with a miniature replica of the Shakti EW System at Jhansi Fort as part of the three-day ‘Raksha Samarpan Parv,’ .

Shakti will improve the navy’s electronic intelligence capability for early warning, ship defense against missile assault, marine domain awareness, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and assure electronic dominance in maritime warfare, according to the announcement made at the ceremony.

In a bid to promote faster adoption of clean mobility solutions and create a conducive ecosystem for electric vehicles in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath cabinet approved the new Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy-2022 on Thursday.

Under the new policy, a huge subsidy will be given by the on the purchase of electric vehicles.

He said the new electric vehicle policy aimed not only at developing an eco-friendly transport system in the state but also to make Uttar Pradesh a global hub for manufacturing of electric vehicles, batteries and related equipment.

A provision for a three-pronged incentive system has been made in the Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy-2022 that includes benefits to consumers for purchasing EVs; to manufacturers of EV, EV batteries and related components; and to service providers developing charging/swapping facilities.

During the first three years of the effective period of the new policy, there will be 100 per cent road tax and registration fee exemption on the purchase of all categories of electric vehicles. If the electric vehicle is manufactured in the state, the same exemption will continue in the fourth and fifth years also.

The Home Minister Amit Shah has launched Modi Van, Mobile medical vans on 19 October in UP.

Highlights:

Five Mobile Medical Vans, called Modi Vans, were launched in the Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh.

These vans have been launched under the Seva Hi Sangathan program of BJP.

These were started to commemorate Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 20 years as the Head of the government.

The Five Mobile Medical Vans will operate in five Assembly Constituencies in Kaushambi.

These vans will work under the agency of Kaushambi Vikas Parishad, run by BJPs National Secretary Vinod Sonkar.

The Modi Van will also help in raising vaccination awareness against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).