UTTAR PRADESH

As per the UPSIDAs existing policy, the allottees that do not set up their unit and commence production within stipulated time are required to pay a time extension fee on the allotted plots computed on quarterly basis.

In order to provide relief to the allottees, the UPSIDA Board decided to reduce the basis of computing time extension fee from existing three months to one month, as a result of which the allottees will be able to pay a minimum one month time extension fee instead of three months, if their unit starts production within one month.

Earlier, the minimum time extension period was three months irrespective of whether the unit started production within one month or two months. The amendment has been made to ensure that those allottees who are ready to start production or have already started production are not required to pay the time extension fee for more than the required time.

This step has been appreciated by all allottees as it now gives them a huge relief on monetary fronts. Apart from this, in case UPSIDA is not able to transfer possession of the allotted land to the allottee within prescribed time, the time extension fee calculation shall be done from the actual date when the allottee gets the possession.

The Uttar Pradesh government has initiated measures for expansion, strengthening, and beautification of the state highways to ensure smooth and safe road travel.

Significant progress has been made in widening and strengthening three state highways. Funds have been approved for the completion of works related to the construction of three bridges in Agra and six in Bareilly, a government spokesman said.

He said the government has approved Rs 58 crore for the ongoing projects on three state highways. Process has been initiated to release Rs 50 crore for converting the road connecting Kaushambi to Prayagraj Airport into a four-lane road, Rs 4 crore each for widening the Bharatganj-Pratappur road from Prayagraj, realignment and for the widening of the Chiraiyakot-Belthara Road in Azamgarh.

To utilise the state property funds, the process of allocation of Rs 10.63 crores for the transformation of 35 routes in various districts of the Prayagraj division approved between 2021 and 2023 has been initiated by the Public Works Department.

This fund will be utilised for the construction, strengthening and maintenance of proposed roads in different districts, including six in Fatehpur, nine in Pratapgarh, eight in Kaushambi, and 12 in Prayagraj.

The has decided to set up a number of industrial and IT parks to create job opportunities for the youth on a massive scale. Decks have been cleared for the setting up of industrial parks in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Agra, Moradabad and Azamgarh. Lands have already been identified for the parks in these districts so that willing investors could get land at reasonable rates. Apart from this, the government will start building IT parks in Bareilly, Lucknow, Aligarh and Saharanpur from next month. An IT park will provide EMPLOYMENT for at least 5,000 youths.

Besides, the state government is trying to ensure continuous supply of raw materials to small industries so that their production did not get interrupted and authorities have been directed to ensure smooth functioning of industries to avoid shutting down of units leading to Unemployment.

Paying a special tribute to Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on his 132nd birth anniversary, the Uttar Pradesh government has achieved a new milestone by providing tap water connections to over one crore rural families in the state.

Under the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Yogi Adityanath government has finished the major task of providing tap water to 1,00,37,256 rural families through the Har Ghar Jal Yojana. By 2024, the programme aims to make tap water available to more than 2.65 crore rural families.

On behalf of the Yogi government, Namami Gange and the Rural Water Supply department celebrated this outstanding accomplishment of the massive campaign to bring tap water to the homes of farmers, labourers and villagers in a grand manner throughout the state.

Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh and Managing Director of Jal Nigam (Rural), Dr Balkar Singh, arrived at the Daudnagar project in Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, and had food with the workers seated in a row. Congratulating all the officers, engineers and workers of the department for providing water to one crore rural families, the minister said that Babasaheb’s dreams were being fulfilled by the Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath governments. He said UP would soon reach its goal for the Har Ghar Jal Yojana.

UP has become the first state in the country to provide 40,000 tap connections daily. In terms of the number of tap connections given, UP has climbed to third position among the major states in the nation. The campaign to provide water to every rural household is continuously setting new dimensions in UP. Only 5,16,000 rural families had access to tap water in 2019, but the Har Ghar Jal Yojana has set a record for rapidly supplying clean drinking water to one crore rural families in UP.

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet, which met here on Friday, approved the recommendations of the five-member Backward Classes Commission constituted to look into the issue of reservations to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in urban local body , and the same would be presented to The Supreme Court at the earliest.

He also stated that the State Government is committed to providing complete reservation to the OBC category in local body elections and that therefore the state government did not waste time and constituted the commission so that demographic representation of OBCs could be determined.

In a major boost for mass rapid transit system, the allocated Rs 465 crore forAgra metrorail project in the annual budget 2023-24 presented in the state assembly.

The budget allocation made by the state government is in the larger public interest. It will help in the completion of the project work in a time-bound manner.”
On December 7, 2020, prime minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the Agra metro rail project. The estimated cost of the project will be Rs 8,379.62 crore.

The Agra Metro project will comprise two corridors with a total length of 29.4 km and will connect major tourist attractions including Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Sikandra with RAILWAY stations and bus stands in the city.

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.