UTTAR PRADESH

After getting declared Chitrakoots Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary as a tiger reserve last year, the UP cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal for development of tourist facilities around it.

A proposal in this regard was tabled by the state tourism department. The department has identified about 49 hectares of land around the Markundi inspection bungalow for development of tourist facilities in the region. The land was barren and belonged to the gram samaj. Principal secretary, tourism,MukeshMeshram said that Ranipur is UPs fourth and Bundelkhands first tiger reserve. It falls on the way to Madhya Pradeshs Panna reserve. The reserve spans across 529.89 square km which includes a buffer zone of 299.58 square km and a core of 230 square km.
Ranipur tiger reserve is covered by northern tropical dry deciduous forests and is Home to mammals like megafauna tiger, leopard, bear, spotted deer, sambhar and chinkara. As per the , the establishment of this tiger reserve will lead to opening up of eco-tourism in the area and the creation of immense EMPLOYMENT opportunities. As of now, the Ranipur wildlife sanctuary in Chitrakoot district has no tigers of its own.

An official communiqu released in Lucknow said that major players like Pepsi, British Paints, Berger Paints, ITC Ltd., Haldiram’s and Webley & Scott have taken the initiative to set up their factories in Sandila.

Handgun biggie Webley & Scott’s world famous revolver is already being manufactured in Sandila and soon British Paints and Berger Paints will also start manufacturing their products which do not need any introduction. The release attributed the encouraging development to the Yogi Adityanath governments investor-friendly policies in the last four years that has acted as a Catalyst, making the industrial houses to head to Sandila.

The Uttar Pradesh government received Investment proposals worth over Rs 6,000 crore for setting up various industrial units in Sandila of which projects worth Rs 5,000 crore have already got off the ground. Webley & Scott has set up its plant, the maiden foreign arms manufacturing unit in UP, at a cost of Rs 100 crore. Similarly, Berger Paints Limited is setting up its factory on 35 acres of land at a cost of about Rs 850 crore. As per estimates, as many as 2,500 people will get EMPLOYMENT in the Berger Paints factory, which will start producing various types of paints by April, 2022.

Similarly, British Paints Limited, a well-known company of England, has also started construction of its unit on over 10 acres of UP State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) land at a cost of Rs 150 crore. A total of 600 people are expected to get employment in this factory, which is scheduled to start production next year.

Located about 60 kilometres away from Lucknow, Sandila failed to attract attention until the time Yogi Adityanath took over as chief minister of the state. But now big investors are seeking land from the UP State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) to set up their units in Sandila.

Other prominent investors that are setting up their Plants at Sandila include, Green Ply Company, Austin Plywood Company, Gang Industries Ltd, Varun Beverages Limited, ITC Limited, Hindustan Food Limited, Haldiram and pharmaceutical firm Swarup Chemicals.

The Uttar Pradesh government has launched the Nand Baba Milk Mission at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore to increase milk production on the one hand, and, on the other, to give milk producers a fair price for their produce in villages itself.

Under the mission, milk will be formed in villages to promote precision Dairy farming, increase per animal milk productivity and provide a proper market to rural milk producers.

According to the official, steps will also be taken to overcome the shortcomings in terms of lack of required skills in milk processing and precision dairy farming. The availability of processed milk and milk products will be increased at reasonable prices and the participation of the organised sector in milk processing will also be expanded soon, he added.

The milk commissioner and mission director said, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has named the scheme after Nand Baba because he was the worlds biggest cow breeder, milk collector, butter producer and foster father of Lord Shri Krishna. Nand Baba had nine lakh cows and had donated two lakh cows to the people for their livelihood. Keeping all this in mind, it has been named as Nand Baba Milk Mission.

The missions goal is to reach from cow to the customer. Under this, the value chain involves production-collection-processing-consumer. The mission will focus on increasing milk productivity, enlarging milk collection and processing capacity, capacity development and value protection.

The government has set up 6,000 procurement centres across the state for procurement of wheat at minimum support price from the farmers.

With the aim to double the income of the farmers, the UP government has introduced new devices and technology so that the farmers may receive the best price of their produce.

In this regard, for the first time in the country, the has introduced the electronic point of purchase (e-POP) machines for eliminating middlemen from the Marketing process while ensuring transparency in the purchase of wheat.

Uttar Pradesh is the first state in the country to initiate procurement by providing biometric authentication through e-POP device in wheat purchase with the aim to benefit real farmers and eliminate the role of middlemen and unauthorised persons in procurement under the minimum price support scheme.

The first procurement of wheat through e-POP was successfully made at Kundarki purchase centre of Moradabad district on April 7. The procurement of wheat through e-POP machines will start at various other purchase centres in the state soon.

In the Rabi marketing year 2021-22, procurement of wheat directly from farmers under the minimum support price scheme commenced on April 1, 2021. The government has increased the MSP of wheat from Rs 1,925 in 2020-21 to Rs 1,975 per quintal in 2021-22. Besides, the number of procurement centres has increased from 5,000 last year to 6,000 this time.

For the first time in the country, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to involve Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs) in the procurement of wheat. As many as 150 FPOs have been roped in the state to start with.

With the aim of fostering Sports culture in the state besides improving sports and promoting sportspersons, the State Government has approved a new sports policy so that youth at the young age participate in sporting events and make UP and India proud.

The policy also envisages creation of a State Sports Authority in line with Sports Authority of India.

The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Friday.

In the new sports policy, special consideration has been given to players’ physical fitness as well as to their training. Along with this, various provisions have been made to support the development of new institutions and connect schools, colleges and private academies with sports.

In the new sports policy a provision has been made to establish a State Sports Authority on the lines of the Sports Authority of India (SAI). Additionally, the state will establish a State Sports Development Fund. Through this fund, weak players, associations, or academies will receive assistance.

intents worth more than Rs 83,000 crore have been signed by Kanpur investors ahead ofGlobal Investors Summitto be held in Lucknow from February 10 to 12. Most of the investments have been made in energy, real estate, Dairy and animal husbandry and chemical sectors.

Arrangements have been made for live telecast of the summit in the city at at Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture University of Technologys Kailash Bhawan. According to deputy commissioner industriesSudhir Srivastava,
Kanpur is one of the top three cities in terms of investments in the state. A fortnight ago, MoUs of Rs 75,000 crore were signed, which has now escalated to Rs 83,000 crore.

TheUttar Pradesh(UP) government has given its nod to set up the state’s firstorganic wineryinBareilly, taking the total number of wineries in UP to two.
In September last year, the government approved the state’s first winery in Muzaffarnagar. The second licence has been issued to a Bareilly-based company — Godson Organic Farm Private Limited.

The plant and machinery of the winery will be set up with an outlay of Rs 15 crore in technical collaboration with France. The installation process is expected to be complete within six months and the initial annual target of production has been fixed at 1 lakh litres of different kinds of wine.

Set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 13, the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor is expected to pave the way for development of not only Varanasi but the entire eastern UP region colloquially termed as Purvanchal, enhancing business and trade and creating EMPLOYMENT opportunities for the youths of the region.

Besides, the 70-km-long Panchkosi route is being given an international character with the beautification of 108 main temples, 44 dharamshalas (shelter homes), kund (pool) and yatri niwas (guest houses). Also, Rudraksh Convention Centre has been constructed within Kashis municipal boundaries with the help of Japan at a cost of Rs 186 crore. A cruise facility has been provided in river Ganga. A total of Rs 403.39 crore has been spent so far to make Varanasi a smart city. A multi modal terminal has been constructed at a cost of Rs 418 crore. Multi-level parking lots are also being built in different places to solve parking issues of visitors and tourists.

With the new government initiatives, new business opportunities are being made available in different sectors ranging from tourism and hospitality to traditional handicrafts. Developmental activities taking place in Kashi are set to create employment opportunities for the youth. Kashi is fast emerging as an economic centre of Purvanchal region.