UTTAR PRADESH

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the youth of Bundelkhand would not have to go out for jobs and EMPLOYMENT because the industries which would be set up would provide them jobs.

The chief minister said that it was a coincidence that with the Network of roads Gadkariji had changed the country’s and increased the pace of the economy. Today every resident of Bundelkhand is happy because good infrastructure helps in development, he said.

Bundelkhand has got its share in the state budget. An arrangement of Rs 6,000 crore has been made for the construction of Industrial Development Authority for Jhansi. The work of extending the Bundelkhand Expressway to Jhansi and Chitrakoot is also under consideration, he said and added that funds had been arranged for developing two new industrial clusters on the Bundelkhand Expressway.

In line with the governments vision of providing quality Education to children in the state and creating a Learning-friendly , the Yogi Adityanath government has swung into action to equip schools in Uttar Pradesh with modern facilities under the PM SHRI scheme.

The Central government has laid emphasis on adopting a modern education system to strengthen the foundation of the students in schools as per the National Education Policy, for which the PM SHRI (Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India) scheme has been launched.

In the recent budget announcement made by the State Government, an amount of more than Rs 1,000 crore has been earmarked for this scheme.

According to the announcement, with the Central governments assistance, Rs 510 crore will be spent on basic education and Rs 500 crore on secondary education.

According to the standards of this scheme, selected schools will be given the status of PM SHRI and will be equipped with modern facilities. As many as 1,753 schools have been verified by the state government at the district and state levels and their list has been sent to the Central government.

It is noteworthy that the Central government has decided to upgrade 14,500 schools across the country under the PM SHRI scheme. After the announcement of the prime minister, the Yogi government has made a provision of funds for this in the 2023-24 budget.

Prominent companies from the oil-rich Gulf region in West Asia are likely to invest nearly $6 billion (about Rs 50,000 crore) in Uttar Pradesh, according to UP MSME Minister Rakesh Sachan. The is expected to flow in a bouquet of sectors, including energy, retail, real estate, electric mobility, Logistics, tourism, Health, Food Processing, etc.

Some of the top firms and investment agencies to be investing in the state include Lulu Group, Abu Dhabi Global Market, Transnational Computer LLC, Burjeel Hospital, etc. For example, Lulu Group will invest Rs 4,500 crore to set up shopping malls and hypermarkets in different cities, including Noida, Kanpur, and Ayodhya.

The UP government also signed an agreement with the 130-member strong Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Abu Dhabi for facilitating investment. We apprised the Gulf about the marked improvement in the Infrastructure, law and order, and connectivity in UP under the present regime.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to visit a few foreign countries, including the US, as part of the ongoing roadshows for the GIS. At the UP Investors Summit in 2018, the state had garnered investment proposals to the tune of nearly Rs 4.68 trillion. Of these, according to the government, projects worth Rs 3 trillion have already been launched in different sectors and regions in UP.

In a major sop to the elected representatives of the institutions ahead of assembly Elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday, announced an increase in the monthly honorarium given to village heads, block heads and district panchayat chairpersons, and an increase in allowances of members for attending meetings of zila panchayat, kshetra panchayat and gram panchayat.

The chief minister also announced the increase in the administrative and financial powers of the panchayats. The government has also increased the financial, administrative and technical powers of gram panchayat for implementation of projects

The monthly honorarium of village pradhan has been increased from Rs 3,500 to Rs. 5,000 per month. For block pramukh, the amount has been hiked from Rs 9,800 to Rs 11,300 per month. The hike for the chairperson of district panchayat will be from Rs 14,000 to Rs 15,500 per month. For the members of district panchayats the amount per sitting has been hiked from Rs 1,000 to Rs.1, 500 in a year, with a cap of six sittings.

The amount of honorarium will be distributed separately at the state level and the balance amount of the State Finance Commission will be distributed between gram panchayat, kshetra panchayat and district panchayat. The amount of honorarium will be released to the panchayats as per the requirement.

The State Government has also increased the financial, administrative and technical powers of gram panchayats for implementation of projects. The existing limit of Rs 2 lakh per work has been increased to Rs 5 lakh.

Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Fit India movement and to realise the slogan, “UP will play, UP will win”, the Uttar Pradesh government has set an ambitious goal of one district, one stadium for the state.

The beginning has been made as UP is set to have four new government stadiums in Sambhal, Chandauli, Hapur and Shamli districts.

The state cabinet approved building of a cricket stadium in Bhartara village of Chandausi tehsil in Sambhal district. The District Administration will provide land free of cost to the Youth Welfare department for the stadium.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has undertaken a number of initiatives in the recent past which reflect his seriousness about Sports. The chief minister wants UP to be represented well in national and international sports competitions and is leaving no stone unturned to provide all the necessary facilities to ensure this.

Trial runs of the states firstair pollution control tower(APCT), which has come up on the green belt ofDND ExpresswaynearFilm CitySector 16, commencedrecently.

Air Pollution during the winter months of November to January every year had led the authority to draw up the plan to set up an APCT, apart from measures like water sprinkling and imposing fines on construction sites.

The tower, built at a cost of Rs 4 crore by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), will suck in polluted air and the filters, installed at its base, will capture the particulate matter.

The tower also has an automatic pulse jet-type dust cleaning system to clean the PM 2.5 filter periodically at regular intervals.

With winter about to set in and pollution levels assuming alarming proportions during the morning hours, those out for a walk in many areas of west UP are at a risk of getting their lung Health affected.

As per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, many districts like Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad and Noida fall into ‘very poor’ category as far as air quality is concerned.

The AQI of prominent pollutant PM2.5 hovers between 200 and 300 in many areas, causing breathing issues due to prolonged exposure, which further slides down to ‘very poor category (300-400 range) “during late nights and early mornings”, causing respiratory illness on prolonged exposure.

The AQI of prominent pollutant PM2.5 hovers between 200 and 300 in many areas, causing breathing issues due to prolonged exposure, which further slides down to ‘very poor category (300-400 range) “during late nights and early mornings”, causing respiratory illness on prolonged exposure.

As many as 976 crimes were committed by children in 2019 which went up to 1,282 in 2020.
Data shows that 238 cases of crimes were committed by minors under the POSCO Act, followed by theft (219), burglary (75) and rape (54 cases).

Out of 1,282 minors booked in 2020, at least 575 had passed Class 10. As per the record of cities mentioned in NCRB report, Lucknow recorded 120 cases of crimes committed by juveniles in 2020, up from 63 reported in 2019. In Kanpur, 10 cases were committed by juveniles in 2019 which rose to 15 in 2020.

Earlier, the UP government had announced that all athletes from the state who win a gold medal at Tokyo Olympics would be rewarded with Rs 6 crore, every silver medalist with Rs 4 crore and bronze medal winners with Rs 2 crore. For team events, each winning player will be rewarded with Rs 3 crore for gold medal, while silver and bronze medalists will be rewarded with Rs 2 and Rs 1 crore each respectively. Besides all UP athletes participating in the Olympics will be rewarded with Rs 10 lakh each, independent of their performance at the games.