UTTAR PRADESH

UP second in country in disposing of crime against women cases

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UP has emerged as second in the country in disposal of cases of crimes against Women. According to an official, until July 6, the women and child protection organization had solved 97.8% of cases of crime committed against women.

Also, UP ranks fifth in terms of registration of FIRs and investigation of such cases. An officer added that the has taken several steps to prevent and control crime against women in the last six years.

On this, the Police officials briefed Yogi that until July 6, 2023, the state witnessed disposal of 97.8% of FIRs registered under Section-376 of IPC and POCSO Act, bagging second position in the country. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have bagged the first place in solving cases of crime against women with 98.3% disposal of cases and Puducherry the third place, with 97.5% disposals. The worst performing is Bihar with 18.5% disposals, followed byManipur(20.6%) andAssam(46.7%).

Furthermore, UP ranks second in the country with 0.3% disposal of cases of crimes against women registered under Section 376 of IPC and Pocso Act, pending for more than two months.

UPSIDA all set to implement MoUs

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Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) is all set to implement proposals worth Rs 40,000 crorein thefirst groundbreaking ceremony of Yogi Adityanath government 2.0.

Simultaneously, the process of grounding MoUs worth Rs 42,000 crore in the groundbreaking ceremony is underway.

The land has been identified by these investors and soon it will also be made available to them. Notably, all the departments have been given specific targets for the groundbreaking ceremony. UPSIDA has been given the highest investment target of Rs 1.60 lakh crore, of which 224 MoUs worth more than Rs 82,000 crore have been shortlisted so far.

UPSIDA CEO Mayur Maheshwari said, Proposals for a total investment of Rs 3.18 lakh crore were received from 600 investors in UPGIS-2023. In such a situation, to get these investment proposals implemented, they were divided into five categories MSME (up to Rs 50 crore), large (Rs 50-200 crore), mega (Rs 200-500 crore), super mega (Rs 500- 5,000 crore) and ultra mega (above Rs. 5,000 crore).

The maximum investment of Rs 7,020 crore is being made in Chandauli by four investors while Amethi has 30 units with an investment of Rs 4,761 crore.

In terms of sectors, the Logistics and Warehousing sector will witness investments from 41 investors, while 32 investors are set to establish private industrial parks while28 other investors have expressed interest in the Food Processing sector. Most of these investors are investing in Purvanchal, where 65 units with an investment of Rs 20,189 crore are ready for implementation.

Notably, these units will generate 1,33,477 EMPLOYMENT opportunities in the state. Besides, units established in Paschimanchal will generate maximum employment opportunities. The number of jobs to be generated in Paschimanchal will be 72,740, while 36,135 employment opportunities will be generated from the units investing in Purvanchal region. As many as 22,702 jobs will be created for people living in Madhyanchal while 1,900 jobs are likely to be created in Bundelkhand region.

Poor to get free ration, cash help in state, says CM Yogi Adityanath

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People living below https://exam.pscnotes.com/POVERTY-line”>Poverty Line, holders of Antyodaya cards and others in need will start getting free ration from May 20. Financial aid of Rs 1,000 will also be given to daily wage earners from June.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, whose government has announced free dry ration and financial aid to the needy, said that community kitchens are being run in 71 out of 75 districts in the state. He said that he has directed authorities to ensure that government run community kitchens should be organised in all 75 districts.

The rations will include 3kg wheat and 2kg rice. The scheme is expected to benefit around 15 crore people.

The CM said that in Light of the corona curfew, daily wage earners, who have lost jobs, will be given financial assistance of Rs 1,000 each from June.

The scheme, applicable to around one crore daily wagers in urban areas, including street vendors, cart pullers, labourers, construction workers, e-rickshaw drivers, rickshaw pullers, barbers, dhobis, halwais, mochis and people involved in traditional forms of EMPLOYMENT, will get the payment of Rs 1,000 each.

Govt allocates Rs 150 cr for marriage of OBC girls

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According topmost priority to Women welfare, the Yogi Adityanath government has been taking dedicated steps ensuring all-round Empowerment and uplift of women. In line with the vision, with Rs 150 crore, the government will solemnise the marriage of poor girls belonging to Other Backward Classes.

It may be mentioned here that the has been allocating funds and provides grants for the marriage of poor girls of Backward Classes. The grant is provided by the State Backward Classes Welfare department on applications submitted by any family belonging to the Backward Class seeking to avail of the grant amount. So far, the state government has provided grants of Rs 771 crore to 3,85,514 beneficiaries under the marriage grant scheme.

To benefit from the scheme, some terms and conditions have been set by the department. It is necessary to follow these conditions while applying. The most essential rule in this is regarding the estimation of the income of the poor. The annual income of the applicant should be Rs 56,460 in urban areas and Rs 46,080 in rural areas. In the application, the age of the groom should be 21 years and of the bride 18 years. Caste certificates must be attached. Under the scheme, the benefits of the marriage grant can be given to a maximum of two daughters from a family.

In addition, under the Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivah Yojana, grants are provided by the Social Welfare department for the marriage of daughters belonging to financially weaker sections. The Social Welfare department organises mass marriages and spends Rs 51,000 on each marriage. Earlier this amount was Rs 35,000, which has been increased. So far, over 2.25 lakh girls have been married under this scheme.

46.50 LMT paddy procured from 7 lakh farmers

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The Food and Civil Supplies department procured around 46.50 lakh metric tons (LMT) of paddy from over seven lakh farmers in the ongoing Kharif paddy procurement season.

Reviewing the progress of paddy procurement in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to ensure that the farmers got the minimum support price (MSP) for their produce and warned against any slackness on this count.

During a review meeting, the chief minister directed officials to ensure that every farmer got the benefit and utmost transparency was maintained in the procurement process, eliminating middlemen.

PM to open Kashi Vishwanath Corridor

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This project was a long pending dream of PM for creating an easily accessible pathway between Kashi Vishwanath Temple and banks of Ganga River.

PM had laid the foundation stone for the project on March 8, 2019.

About Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project

The project is spread across 5 lakh square feet area, comprising of more than 40 ancient temples restored and beautified. Under the project, 23 new buildings were constructed for providing diverse facilities to the devotees.

Message on Environmental Protection

The Kashi corridor also spread the message of environmental protection. the corridor has been adorned by Rudraksh, Parijat, Bael, Amla and Ashok trees. Special arrangements have been made to plant trees across the temple premises and mandir chowk.

Construction of three passenger facilitation centres

Under this project, different buildings have been constructed to organise various religious functions. Three passenger facilitation centres have also been set up in Vishwanath Dham. Project also provided for facilities like lockers, shops selling puja items and ticket counters.

Free foreign education for Uttar Pradeshs youth

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The said that it is making efforts to provide high quality Education and EMPLOYMENT to the youth through foreign universities.

With the help of online Learning platformCoursera, thedepartmentofvocationaleducation and Skill development is providing free education facilities to the youth through more than 200 universities around the world.

The certificate obtained after completing thecoursewill be recognized all over the world. Over 50,000 youth are being provided free education facilities through Coursera. This will help the youth of the state to get employment abroad. It will also enable the youth to become Industry worthy by getting training on international standards.

According to the department of skill development, through Coursera the youth can select from over 3,800 courses being run by reputed companies through more than 200 universities and institutes around the world.

World Bank reps, agri dept officials visit IRRI

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A team of representatives from theWorld Bankand government officials of the State Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department,Uttar Pradeshvisited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) – South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi.

With a vision of development of agriculture and promotion of rural enterprise in the state, the representatives from and the government officials are on a visit across the state from March 13 to 18. As a part of the same, an eight member team visited the IRRI- South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi.

UP budget announces 100% waiver on tubewell consumers’ power bill

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An https://exam.pscnotes.com/inclusive-Growth“>Inclusive Growth to self-reliantUttar Pradesh’ being its theme,finance minister Suresh Khannapresented the state’s biggest-ever budget with a special focus on the welfare of farmers, youths, and Women, and Infrastructure development.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath described the budget as a manifestation of the spirit of self-reliant Uttar Pradesh.

At Rs 6.9 lakh crore, it is almost 40,000 crore bigger than the previous budget. Khanna said that the state’s GSDP grew by 16.8 per cent in 2021-22, which was much higher than the national Average.

In a major initiative to reach out to farmers a year before the next Lok Sabha Elections, the government announced a 100 per cent waiver on power bills of private tubewell consumers. Earlier, such consumers were getting a 50 per cent waiver. Besides, to spruce up its power distribution system, the Yogi government has made a provision of Rs 6,500 crore.

The budget has earmarked Rs 32,721 crore for new schemes across sectors. In terms of the emphasis infrastructure, medical and Health, Education and tourism, especially religious and cultural tourism, are the major thrust areas, apart from farmers, women and youth welfare.

The Fiscal Deficit is estimated to be around Rs 84,883 crore which is 3.48 per cent of the estimated GSDP. According to economics professor Yashveer Tyagi, the UPs economy is in much better condition as compared to several other states and the fiscal deficit is at a satisfactory level.

Gorakhpur to be made a Special Education Zone, says Pradhan

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Union Minister of State for Education, Skill and Development, Dharmendra Pradhan, announced to make Gorakhpur a ‘Special Education Zone’.

Developed as a knowledge city through three functional and one under-construction universities, Gorakhpur, will be made ‘Special Education Zone’ on the lines of ‘Special Economic Zone’ as per requirement of the new National Education Policy. The idea behind the Special Education Zone is to groom students as global citizens and address problems of the world through academic pursuits and Maharana Pratap Education Council and its students would play an important role in achieving this, the Union minister said while addressing the concluding programme of the 89th Founder’s Week celebrations of Maharana Pratap Education Council as the chief guest.

Pradhan said that the new Education Policy under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been prepared in line with the strategic changes in the global scenario. He said that the new education policy aimed at making India the number one country in the world and the children of India as global citizens.

Describing Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as an epitome of successful Leadership, Pradhan said that the former’s leadership never bothered about issues and instead always looked at solutions.