UTTAR PRADESH

With an aim to makeUttar Pradesha USD 1 trillion economy and work towards a result-oriented implementation of policies and schemes, the state cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval to restructuring the existing State on the lines of NITI Aayog.

The new body, to be called State Transformation Commission (STC), will be headed by the chief minister and will work by collaborating with the government on policies, innovations and providing suggestions.

The CM will be the chairperson of the STC which will also have as its members the two deputy CMs and ministers of finance, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, social welfare, Panchayati Raj, industrial development, jal sShakti, urban development and planning. The deputy chairperson will be a public administrator, economist or someone linked with the field, to be nominated by the CM.

At least 42,000 farmers in Muzaffarnagar switched to sugarcane farming in the last five years after the introduction of a new crop variety with a better yield. With the new entrants, the cultivation area of the crop and sugarcane production has also seen a considerable jump.

Now, two lakh farmers are growing cane in comparison to 1.6 lakh in 2015, he said.
According to officials, in the crushing year 2016-17, the recorded sugarcane growing area stood at 1,26,872 hectare which has now reached 1,68,015 hectare in 2021-22.
The cultivation area of sugarcane in the district has increased by 42,596 hectares during the last five crushing years.

As many as eight sugar mills in the district have started preparation for crushing for the 2021-22 season.

The sugarcane farmers had been paid Rs 2,200 crore in 2015-16 by these mills. Now, the last payment was 3,200 crore in 2020-21. The payment of the sugarcane has increased Rs 1,000 crore in five years, the cane officer said.

The districts earmarked for setting up and development of these parks include Lucknow, Unnao, Amethi, Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Auraiya, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Azamgarh, Ambedkarnagar, Gorakhpur and Prayagraj.

The project will be developed on a PPP model. The purpose of this exercise is to promote the industries of the state and increase economic activities through the expressway. Now the movement of goods from Western UP to Central UP, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand is going to be faster and easier. There is also a plan to set up a private industrial park on the land of Auto Tractor Limited in Pratapgarh as its plant shut down operations in 1972.

Uttar PradeshJal Shakti ministerSwatantra Dev Singhstarted the One tap-One Tree scheme by planting a sapling at his official residence in Lucknow.

The scheme will continue till July 7. The Namani Gange and Rural Water Supply department will provide a free sapling to those getting a new tap connection.

The minister gave saplings as gifts to Women members of the Jal Samitis and others who got a new tap connection to mark the start of one-tap-one-tree campaign.

Between July 1 and July 7, over 5 lakh saplings will be distributed under the campaign. The inaugural event was planned for Udaypur village in Mohanlalganj but due to heavy rains the same was conducted at the residence of the minister.

The Uttar Pradesh stamp and registration department has revealed thatAyodhyasaw a rise of over 30% in registrations over the previous year as land deals have reportedly shot up since the construction of theRam Templebegan.

Data shows that in 2021-22, Ayodhya saw a collection of Rs 10,141 crore as stamp duty and registration fees as against Rs 7,602 crore in 2020-21, a rise of 33%. Ayodhya is one of more such areas where we have seen stamp duty collections rise over the past year.

Besides, the department has seen its revenue rise by 20% in 2021-22 over the previous year, collecting close to 80% of the targeted revenue. The rise, say officials, can be attributed to government schemes like development of industrial corridors, Jewar airport etc.

In order to help the migrants, poor and under-priviledged sections to tide over the hardship of Covid times, the government is providing 5 kg food grains free of cost to over 14.71 crore beneficiaries. Under the scheme, each beneficiary is supposed to be given 3 kg of wheat and 2 kg of rice.

In his first visit to Mainpuri after urban civic polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated as well as laid foundations of projects worth Rs 412 crore in the district.

While inaugurating 23 industrial projects worth Rs 238.30 crore and laying the foundation stones of 40 development projects worth Rs 173.19 crore, the chief minister said that the government was working hard to make Mainpuri one of the most developed districts of the state.

The chief minister also unveiled the statue of Madhavrao Scindia in the presence of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and senior ministers from his cabinet.

While unveiling the statue at the ScindiaTiraha, the chief minister said everyone was shocked by his untimely death in 2001 because he was a rising star in the nation’s politics.

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

Under the scheme high school passed youth will get employment.

A spokesperson said that the department has already completed preparations to setupthe pollution check centres and make them businessoriented.
According to state government records, the number of vehicles has exceeded 2.5 million in the state capital alone. Against this only 75 pollution control centres are present.

Thecane development departmentofUttar Pradeshhas mandated the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology for estimating the sugarcane acreage across the state for the 2023-24 crushing season.

It will help the sugar mills in estimating the volume of sugarcane crops to be crushed during the forthcoming crushing season.

GPS will ensure acreage estimates are accurate so as to enable the state sugarcane department brace for the impending season.

The survey teams will collect data on the sown cane varieties, their Growth, sugarcane seed nurseries, model cane fields equipped with https://exam.pscnotes.com/drip-Irrigation“>Drip Irrigation systems, cane fields with Intercropping and more. Moreover, the area of autumn planting of cane and the spring planting of cane will be recorded separately.