UTTAR PRADESH

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.

ODOP scheme has doubled UPs export since 2017: Yogi

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Crediting Prime MinisterNarendra Modifor promotingUttar Pradeshs flagship one district-one product scheme on an international platform, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanaththanked him for giftingODOPitems to heads of state at the summit in Bali.

Speaking at the India International Trade Fair in Delhi,Yogisaid the ODOP scheme had been launched on UP Diwas in 2018 in line with the PMs vision of Vocal for Local and Local for Global. He added that with assistance from the government, ODOP had boosted the states exports which had gone 100% up from Rs 86,000 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 1.56 lakh crore this year. Under the PMs inspiration, we started the branding of our locally made products in 2018. We have 75 districts and each of them have their own traditional unique products, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said.

Uttar Pradeshs 10 cities among 15 most polluted in country

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Ten cities ofUttar Pradeshwere among 15 most polluted cities in the country on Tuesday. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded in the severe category, according to the data compiled by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Among the UP cities, the pollution in Firozabad and Agra rose to alarming levels at 489 and 472, respectively. However, the AQI levels in Delhi were recorded at 404.

Experts believe that the air quality might deteriorate in the coming days due to the current weather conditions and stubble burning.

The air quality in Agra continued to remain in the severe category despite the interventions of the apex court and the . A thick blanket of smoke and dust enveloped the region, reducing visibility to a few meters.

According to CPCB report, Firozabad recorded 489 AQI and most West UP and NCR cities also stayed in the severe zone Agra (472), Vrindavan (454), Ghaziabad (451), Baghpat (442), Meerut and Hapur (433), Noida (426), Greater Noida (412) and Muzaffarnagar (410).
Five other cities across the country also recorded worse air quality Jind (403), Delhi (404), Ballabhgarh (412), Kaithal (418), and Faridabad (430).

An AQI ranging from 0 to 50 is considered good, and satisfactory if it falls between 51 and 100. Similarly, from 101 to 200 it will be moderate, 201 to 300 is considered poor, 301 to 400 is taken as very poor, and above 400 its severe.

UP gets Rs 45,000-crore investment proposals in past six months

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TheYogi Adityanathgovernment has received proposals worth Rs 45,000 crore from 55 different companies in the first six months of its second tenure. Encouraged by the proposals, the government has now planned to host the global investor summit in January 2023, eyeing Rs 10 lakh crore investment in the state.

For inviting companies from across the world to invest in UP, the government has planned to hold roadshows in 17 countries. Roadshows for GIS-23 will be held in seven major cities of the country and 17 countries, officials said. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will attend one of these roadshows.

The IT and electronics sector is followed by Rs 34,784 crore in Infrastructure and housing, Rs 22,181 crore in manufacturing, Rs 20,955 crore in Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and allied industries, Rs 17,281 crore in Solar Energy, Rs 7058 crore in textile, Rs 4,313 crore in Health care and pharmaceuticals, Rs 2,618 crore in tourism and hospitality, Rs 1770 crore in DEFENCE and Aerospace and Rs 1,295 crore in Warehousing and Logistics.

River Ranching Programme Launched In UP

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Affairs:River Ranching Program was launched on October 8, 2021, by Minister for , Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Parshottam Rupala.

The Program is a part of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) scheme.

It is done to augment and enhance fish production and productivity by expanding, intensifying, diversifying and utilizing land & water productively.

National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad had been designated as the vital agency by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries.

The program was also launched in Orissa, Uttarakhand, Tripura and Chhattisgarh.

In Uttar Pradesh, the programme was launched at Brijghat, Garh Mukteshwar.

Three lakhs fingerlings were ranched at 3 sites in UP, namely, Brijghat, Tigri, Meerut, Garhmukteshwar and Bijnor.

In Uttar Pradesh, about 500 people participated in the national level launching of the River Ranching program.