UTTAR PRADESH

Expecting significant Growth in urban areas ofUttar Pradesh, the government is planning to set up 100 new townships within the next five years. Thehousingand urban planning department has been asked to start work on identifying the land parcels required to develop the townships.

Out of the 29 development authorities in the state, the larger ones covering the urban areas of Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Meerut, Agra, Varanasi, Ghaziabad,Gorakhpur, Meerut, Mathura, Moradabad and Bareilly will have to set up at least four townships, while the remaining have been given the task of establishing two.

The government will roll out a new policy soon through which private participation in such projects can be encouraged.

The 100 development authorities and the UP housing and development board will facilitate 90 township projects, while the housing department will set up 10 from the headquarters.

Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and ) Manoj Kumar Singh told news persons in Lucknow on Friday, Following an assessment of crop losses, the government has pegged crop losses in the state at around Rs 384 crore. The State Government has released the compensation to respective district magistrates to distribute it among 11.44 lakh farmers through direct benefit transfer (DBT).

The state government released an installment of Rs 102 crore to be distributed as relief to over 2. 98 lakh farmers who have been affected by natural calamities. Earlier, the government had released three installments of Rs 74.60 crore for relief to about 2.08 lakh farmers, approximately Rs 160 crore for about 4.77 lakh farmers and a Rs. 48.20 crore for 1.39 lakh farmers identified after primary survey. This accounts for a total of over Rs 282 crore.

Lt Gen RP Shahi, vice-chairperson of UPSDMA said the main idea behind the MoU is, as per the 10 points agenda of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, to set up a Network of universities to ensure effective Disaster Management and cut down on the loss of life during a disaster. The network would work not just to minimise losses due to disasters but also to create awareness among people. University V-C Seema Singh said thatthe first phase would commence under which programmes will be started in the university on disaster management.

The MoU was signed by Sunil Mishra from SIDM and UPEIDA Chief Executive Officer Awanish Awasthi. The validity of the MoU will be three years and a DEFENCE platform will be jointly set up by UPEIDA and SIDM.

The UPEIDA CEO said the MoU had the potential of mobilising Investment of Rs 1,000 crore in defence manufacturing. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was likely to inaugurate the Aligarh node of the defence industrial corridor in UP.

Awasthi said the UPEIDA had also signed an agreement with Bharat Dynamics Limited for providing 250 acres of lands to the company at Jhansi node of the defence industrial corridor.

SIDM is a non-profit organisation advocacy group for promoting the defence manufacturing industries while UPEIDA is the nodal agency of the UP government for the development of the defence industrial corridor in UP.

The process of land acquisition for the 411.5 km long Atal Progressway that will originate from Kota inRajasthanand connect with Bundelkhand Expressway in Etawah will start soon. After taking entry from Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh, the Expressway will reach Belahar village near Bundelkhand Expressway for which land will be acquired in 27 villages in Etawah district. Most of the villages to be acquired will be of Bharthana tehsil. The length of the expressway will be 411.5 km.
The Gwalior unit ofthe NationalHighways Authority of India has finalized its route chart through a private agency and sent it to the District Administration for initiating the acquisition process. The cost of the expressway is estimated to be around Rs over 13,000 crore and will cover a length of 36 km in the district. Snaking through Gati village in Bhind district it will pass through seven villages of Etawah tehsil, 16 villages of Bharthana tehsil and four villages of Takha tehsil. The NHAI has directed the district administration to acquire the land under section 3A.

We need to control the fertility rate People of every caste, religion, community will have to focus attention on controlling the increasing Population. I am very happy that this new policy has been announced on the occasion of World Population Day,” the chief minister said during the function.

In the new population policy, the government has set a target to reduce the birth rate.
The chief minister said that concerns were raised from time to time that the increasing population could be a hindrance in the development. He said this issue was discussed many times over the last four decades but nothing happened.

In the new policy, a target has been set to bring the birth rate to 2.1 per 1,000 population by the year 2026 and to 1.9 per 1,000 by the year 2030. Apart from better management of Nutrition, Education and Health of adolescents in the age group of 11 to 19 years, comprehensive arrangements will also be made for the care of the elderly.

The new policy also includes a proposal to set up health clubs in schools for population stabilisation. Along with this, according to the spirit of the Digital Health Mission, there is a plan to conduct digital tracking of newborns, adolescents and elderly people in the state.

The Yogi Adityanath government is now eyeing ODF Plus status for the villages of Uttar Pradesh by adopting a comprehensive approach towards cleanliness, self-reliance and Waste Management in the villages of the state.

The government is already moving forward on the action plan to rejuvenate villages of the state by not only promoting cleanliness, but also sustaining the rural economy by increasing the income of rural families through the sanitation initiative. The initiative has the potential to change the picture of villages of the state, a government spokesman said here on Monday.

The implementation of the action plan to convert cattle dung and agricultural waste into biogas and slurry on a war footing across all villages of the state is a significant undertaking as it not only promotes cleanliness, but also focuses on increasing the income of rural families.

Currently, 20 districts in the state have completed such Plants, while 60 plants are under construction in 38 districts. Additionally, efforts have begun to implement 22 plants in 17 districts.

Swachh Gramin Survekshan 2023 is being organised by the Drinking Water and Sanitation department, Ministry of Jal Shakti, for identifying the gram panchayats that have excelled in implementing various components of ODF Plus in the field of cleanliness.

The Uttar Pradesh government is contemplating setting up manufacturing and clusters spread over 600 hectares alongside the expressways. UP has the longest Network of expressways in the country.

MOUs for these proposed clusters, to be set up at the cost of Rs 10 lakh crore, were signed during the UP Global Investors Summit earlier this year in Lucknow.

The proposed mega clusters will come up around Purvanchal and Bundelkhand expressways apart from the Gorakhpur Link Expressway. The government has identified 600 hectares of land in six districts Barabanki, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Gorakhpur, Banda, and Jalaun.

Of the total Investment proposals of Rs 35 lakh crore, Purvanchal (Eastern UP) and Bundelkhand regions hold a share of Rs 9.54 lakh crore and Rs 4.27 lakh crore, respectively. They collectively account for almost 40 per cent of the total value of the MoU.

Since investors need large swathes of land to set up manufacturing units or for Warehousing and logistics needs, the state is moving fast to ramp up the land bank for allotment to companies.

Besides, UP is also preparing a blueprint to achieve its ambitious goal of becoming a $1-trillion economy in the next five years.

In this regard, the State Government has identified 10 key sectors, including law & order, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, social security, Infrastructure & industrial development, urban development, rural development, medical & Health, Education, tourism & culture, and revenue collection.