UTTAR PRADESH

As many as 67,947 firearms were seized under the Arms Act in the country in 2020, with UP topping the list (32,776 seizures), the data states.

Madhya Pradesh follows UP with a distant 10,841 illegal arms seizures.

Even in the licensed category, UP held the distinction with 65% of the total seizures in the country.

In numerical terms, out of 2,126 licensed weapons seized in the country, UP accounted for 1,400.

However, when it comes to seizure of illegal ammunition, Jammu & Kashmir topped the chart with 27,103 ammunition, including bullets of all calibers that account for more than 50% seized in the entire country. However, only 474 arms were seized in the troubled state.

The NCRB data also reveals arms seizure from anti-national Elements, where UP again accounts for 77% of total seizures in the country. Out of 5,631 such weapons, 4,313 came from UP. Out of 27,103 ammunition seized in J&K, 27,083 was in possession of anti-national elements.

The government has chalked out an action plan to train over three lakh youths in various skill training schemes in the next six months.

“The government is also going to organise mega placement camps in over 25 districts soon to provide EMPLOYMENT opportunities to more youths of the state. In addition the government is imparting training to more than 41,000 youths for general duty assistant-critical care, as Covid frontline workers, emergency medical technicians, medical equipment technology assistants and more. Around 15,000 youth are to be trained as Oxygen plant operators. Presently, nearly 371 candidates are getting training.

In an effort to make Uttar Pradesh a hub of pharmaceutical products in the country, the Yogi Adityanath government is preparing the draft of Pharmaceutical Policy-2023, which will be valid for the next five years after its implementation.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, during a recent meeting, discussed the important changes required in the Pharmaceutical Industry Policy 2018 to implement proposals received during the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 on the ground.

Chief ministers advisor GN Singh said, The new policy aims to improve the states pharmaceutical and medical device industry by encouraging local production, promoting research and development, and improving the availability of affordable medicines to citizens.

The upcoming policy will focus on creating a conducive Environment for the development of the pharma sector in the state and providing subsidies, incentives and land to promote the pharmaceutical industry, he added.

He further said that the main objective of the policy was to create a strong ecosystem for research and development by setting up state-of-the-art facilities and collaborating with academic institutions. The new policy is being prepared to boost the local economy, focusing on the need for specialised technology, quality control system and specialised ecosystem for the pharmaceutical and medical device sector.

According to the policy, the Yogi government will pay a 50 per cent of interest amount for a maximum of seven years on the loan received from a bank for the purchase of land to establish the industry, which will not exceed Rs 1 crore per year. Pharma and Medical Device Park are receiving special focus.

The goal of the policy is to identify plots and develop parks for bulk manufacturing of allopathic, AYUSH products, medical devices and key ingredients used in bulk drug manufacturing.

Global Investors Summit-23 held in Lucknow attracted Investment of Rs 28,402 crore from 212 companies in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment sector which will create 57,000 new EMPLOYMENT opportunities.

Uttar Pradesh governments efforts to improve the Health of the poor have shown significant progress, according to a review by Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra.

The government has implemented schemes such as Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Antyodaya Anna Yojana, Chief Minister Jan Arogya Abhiyan, and Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, which have benefited millions of families in the state.

The government had set a target of covering 1.16 crore families under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in the last five financial years, and so far 68.92 lakh families have benefited from the scheme. Similarly, the government has issued Ayushman cards to about two crore poor people out of a target of 5.83 crore beneficiaries.

Under Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan, the government has connected 3.79 lakh families out of a target of 8.43 lakh families. In Hapur, the government has achieved a hundred per cent target of connecting poor families with the Chief Ministers Jan Arogya Abhiyan. Additionally, 26.83 lakh families out of a target of 36.34 lakh beneficiary families of Antyodaya Anna Yojana have been connected with Ayushman cards.

In its report referring to the major campaign to prevent Corona in rural areas of UP, the WHO, described how the approached houses in 97941 villages of 75 districts to check the infection along with isolated patients and providing them medical kits.
Various WHO teams visited 10,000 homes in rural UP to cross check the Yogi governments Covid management on the ground. The team learnt about the condition of Covid management in villages themselves and quizzed patients about medical facilities they were getting.

In a significant achievement, the Uttar Pradesh government has provided tap water connections to more than 50 per cent of rural families in 22 districts across the state under Har Ghar Nal Yojana.

These districts, among others, include Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Gorakhpur, the hometown of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Besides, seven districts from Bundelkhand region are incorporated in the list.

Under Har Ghar Nal Yojana, tap water connections were provided to 99,16,379 families in UP until Tuesday. The government aims to provide tap connections to 2,65,46,370 rural households by 2024.

The Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply department has also expedited the process to finish the task of providing tap water to every household in the remaining 53 districts in order to meet the target.

In terms of the number of tap water connections provided, Uttar Pradesh currently ranks third in the country, with 22 districts of the state having achieved more than 50 per cent of the target.

Mahoba of Bundelkhand has topped among the districts providing tap water connections to more than 84.65 per cent of the rural households and 1,13,034 out of 1,33,529 families have been provided with tap water. It is followed by Lalitpur district of Bundelkhand where 73.03 per cent of the Population has been provided with clean tap water. Baghpat comes at third spot with 72.37 per cent of households getting tap water, followed by Mirzapur at number four with 71.84 per cent of households having received tap water connections.

All seven districts of Bundelkhand have been provided with more than 50 per cent of its tap water connection needs. In Jhansi, 71.21 per cent of households now have access to tap water. Chitrakoot (67.33 per cent) is fifth among districts providing maximum tap connections while Banda ranks sixth with 64.82 per cent of households getting tap water.

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.