UTTAR PRADESH

9k-cr funds lapse in PWD for last fiscal

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The public works department (PWD) ended up surrendering close to Rs 9,000 crore back to the government, which is one-third of itsbudgetof Rs 27,140 crore during the 2022-23 fiscal year.

Though returning the unspent amount iscommonfor various government departments every financial year, in PWDs case the lapsed amount has gone up significantly instead of going down.

During the last fiscal year, PWD was able to exhaust Rs 8,914 crore out of Rs 27,140 crore which translates to 33% underutilisation. Before that during 2021-22 fiscal year out of Rs 23,562 crore that had been provisioned for strengthening and improving road Network, building new bridges and constructing important government buildings and structures, the department was unable to spend about Rs 7,000 crore (30% underutilisation). So, while the overall objective was to improve road connectivity to bring down the commute time between towns and cities, several works were delayed.

To provide employment opportunities to youth, the Uttar Pradesh transport department will open 600 automobiles pollution testing centres which will curb the problem of toxic smoke (pollution) being released from vehicles.

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Under the scheme high school passed youth will get https://exam.pscnotes.com/EMPLOYMENT“>EMPLOYMENT.

Any person, NGO, trust, firm, company, public company, people related to PARTNERSHIP can apply online on this portal.

The pollution check centres will be opened at the tehsil level in all the 75 districts of the state.

Around 1,000 youths with a high school passed certificate will be directly involved in this project.

Taj Mahotsav 2022

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The Taj Mahotsav 2022 is scheduled to happen from March 20 to March 29, 2022.

It is a 10-day cultural festival, held in Agra each year.

It is the most well-known art, craft, gourmet, and culture festival, held at the crossroads of winter and spring.

Earlier it was scheduled to take from February 18 February 27.

Theme of the Taj Mahotsav 2022

The Taj Mahotsav 2022 will be held under the theme- Aazadi ke Amrit Mahotsav sang, Taj ke rang.

HISTORY of the day

The Taj Mahotsav started in 1992.

The Taj Mahotsav is a melting pot of traditions and civilizations, because of a variety of cultural performances by domestic and international artists. It seeks to inspire tourism and also reviving the Nawabi style, which dominated terrain of Uttar Pradesh in the 18th and 19th centuries. It reflects the richness of Indias craftwork, artistry, cuisines and culture. It is also a must-visit for shoppers.

The public distribution system in Uttar Pradesh has undergone complete transformation as in the last six months 1,61,256 new ration cards have been made by the state government under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), taking the total number of ration card holders in the state to 3,60,12,758.

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Besides, the has facilitated linking of almost 100 per cent (99.79 per cent) of the ration cards with Aadhaar card to bring transparency into the Public Distribution System, which is a milestone in itself.

This year, the UP government provided free ration to 15 crore people in July and August amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The monthly ration includes three kilograms of wheat and two kilograms of rice to each card holder.

According to the officials of the Food department, providing ration to the poor and needy is one of the priorities of the Yogi government.

79 pc AMRUT projects completed in UP

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The Uttar Pradesh government has completed almost 79 per cent of projects under the AMRUT 1.0 so far for providing water supply and sewerage facilities to every household in Uttar Pradesh.

Till March 13, the government has completed 262 projects. The total cost of these projects is Rs 5,816.55 crore, against which the government has released Rs 5,257.09 crore. These 229 projects are of water and sewerage, while 33 projects are of sewerage.

As per the zone-wise completed schemes related to water supply and sewerage, the maximum number of 61 schemes have been completed in Ghaziabad zone. At the same time, the work of 46 schemes in Lucknow zone, 36 each in Prayagraj and Agra respectively, 28 in Gorakhpur and 22 in Kanpur has been completed.

UP, Australia have a strong partnership: Swatantra Dev

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Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh said on Saturday that Uttar Pradesh and Australia have a strong PARTNERSHIP in various sectors including security, water, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, and the Environment.

“Certainly, through the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit, our economic ties will undoubtedly improve, and Uttar Pradesh will advance in terms of overall development,” he added.

The Jal Shakti Minister was addressing the Australia Country Partner session held at the Bhardwaj Hall of UPGIS, which was also attended by Australias High Commissioner to India Barry OFarrell AO.

The Australias High Commissioner said, The citizens of Australia consider the world as their family. Australia is a country that has given respect to the people of Indian origin. Our trade is on the rise, and certainly, through UPGIS, our economic ties will get a new lease of life.
Swatantra Dev Singh stated that Australia, one of the world’s most developed and progressive countries, is a close friend of Uttar Pradesh. He mentioned that he visited Australia in December 2022 and extended invitations to strengthen ties between the two countries. An of Rs 9880 crore is being proposed with Australia, and six MoUs have already been signed.
The Minister also highlighted that Uttar Pradesh is rapidly developing under the direction of CM Yogi and emphasised the government’s commitment to protect the interests of investors.
He further added that Prime Minister Modi aims to grow India’s economy to $5 trillion, while CM Yogi aims to make Uttar Pradesh a $1 trillion economy in the next five years. Industries like Health, agriculture, and innovation are attracting international attention in Uttar Pradesh.

New UP sports policy to foster sports culture

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Aimed at fostering Sports culture in the state and promoting athletes, the Yogi Adityanath government through the new Sports Policy 2022 will not only engage itself in identifying the budding athletes in the state, but also develop sports for quality training of the sportspersons.

Under the new sports policy to be approved by the state cabinet, the government will also constitute the UP Sports Development Fund for providing world-class training and support to talented sportspersons, and for this a plan with an initial budget of Rs 100 crore is ready.

At present, there are about 30,000 playgrounds in the state, and a target has been set to double them to 60,000. Apart from this, financial assistance will also be made available to private sports academies.

Sehgal said that under the new sports policy, UP Sports Development Fund would be created with an initial budget of Rs 100 crore. This fund will be used for purchase of sports equipment, foreign training camps and appointment of physiologists, psychologists and foreign coaches.

District sports centres will also be set up in every district. Apart from this, 14 Centres of Excellence will be established in the next five years for high-quality training for players representing the state and the country in national and international competitions. Along with this, a physio trainer and dietician will be appointed in every division. A talent search committee will be constituted in every district to find hidden sports talents.

Hectic political activities have picked up in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections next year. From issues of public interest to populist announcements, the process of highlighting issues has begun in right earnest. However, even as opposition parties make their own claims, various initiatives rolled out by the UP government in promoting Micro, Small and Medium scale industries (MSMEs) is overshadowing all other issues.

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In the last 4.5 years of the BJP regime, more than 76.73 lakh people were provided with loans worth Rs 2,42,028 crore for doing business in the MSME sector and about two crore people got EMPLOYMENT in the sector. The MSME sector of the state is making a new record in the country. In fact, 14 per cent of the MSME units of India are housed in Uttar Pradesh and due to the of the State Government, Investment in this sector has increased continuously.

As per UP government figures, MSME was the most important sector after Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture in terms of providing employment in the state. In terms of number of MSMEs, the share of UP in the country was 14.2 per cent. Through the MSME sector, the state has been exporting more than Rs 1.14 lakh crore for three consecutive years.

In the 2016-17 fisal, during the SP regime, 6.35 lakh MSMEs were provided loans worth Rs 27,2 02 crores while soon after the BJP came to power, in the 2017-18 fiscal, loans worth Rs 41,193 crore was provided to 7.87 lakh entrepreneurs in the MSMEs sector. Later in the 2018-19 fiscal, 10.24 lakh MSME entrepreneurs were provided loans worth Rs 47,764 crore and in 2019-20, Rs 62,831 crore was disbursed to 17.45 lakh entrepreneurs. In the financial year 2020-21, 34.80 lakh MSME units were provided loans worth Rs 63,038 crore while loans amounting to Rs 16,002 crore were provided to 1.25 lakh new MSME units from April 1 to November 10 this year.

Nod to Uttar Pradesh Biofuel Policy-2022

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The Cabinet cleared two important policies aimed at taking the state’s economy to USD 1 trillion. As part of that, a nod was given to the UP Biofuel Policy-2022 and to the new MSME policy.

Urban development minister AK Sharma said that the biofuel policy would help in reducing pollution by preventing burning of municipal waste, agricultural and mandi waste and that from sugar mills. All this could be processed into biofuel, reducing the dependency on imported gas and oil and increasing farmers’ incomes.

The policy will be in place for five years and is expected to bring in of Rs 5,500 crore. It will include production of compressed biogas, biocoal, bioethanol and biodiesel. The incentive will mainly be provided on production,

For compressed biogas a subsidy of Rs 75 lakh per ton, up to a maximum of Rs 20 crore while on biocoal a subsidy of Rs 75,000 per ton up to a maximum of Rs 20 crore will be given. For Plants with an investment of Rs 50 crore or more, the government will pay for five km of the approach road.