UTTAR PRADESH

Four medical institutions of UP have found a place among Top 15 best performing centres in the country in theNational Institutional Ranking Framework IndiaReport for 2021.
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) has been ranked fifth in the country with a score of 72.45.

The Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, has been ranked 7th, King Georges Medical University Lucknow is 9th and the Institute of Medical Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University is 15th.
Compared to the rankings of 2020, SGPGI and IMS-AMU retained their spots, IMS-BHU slipped by one rank and KGMU went up by one rank. Each of the four centers though improved their overall scores this year. In all 50 medical institutes in the government and private sector were evaluated.
The ranking parameters broadly covered heads like TEACHING, Learning and Resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity and perception.

Four medical institutions of UP have found a place among Top 15 best performing centres in the country in theNational Institutional Ranking Framework IndiaReport for 2021.

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) has been ranked fifth in the country with a score of 72.45.

The Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, has been ranked 7th, King Georges Medical University Lucknow is 9th and the Institute of Medical Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University is 15th.

Compared to the rankings of 2020, SGPGI and IMS-AMU retained their spots, IMS-BHU slipped by one rank and KGMU went up by one rank. Each of the four centers though improved their overall scores this year. In all 50 medical institutes in the government and private sector were evaluated.

The ranking parameters broadly covered heads like TEACHING, Learning and Resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity and perception.

The expressway originates from Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot district and passing through Banda, Hamirpur and Mahoba will be linked with Agra- Lucknow Expressway at Auraiya linking Bundelkhand with Delhi. Around 69 per cent of the work has been completed and the main carriageway is targeted to be completed by the end of December this year.

Bundelkhand is one of the most backward regions of the country and the has selected Chitrakoot district as one of the aspirational districts.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that Bundelkhand, the land of valour, would soon be the most developed region of the state and DEFENCE Industrial Corridor in Bundelkhand and Bundelkhand Expressway would have important roles in the development of this region.

Besides, the government is also mulling to organise competitions on the lines of Asiad and Paralympics of international level for them.

A grand stadium has already been prepared for the differently abled sportspersons at Shakuntala Mishra Divyang Rehabilitation University and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the complex. This stadium for the special athletes will be the first of its kind in the entire country. International level Sports events like Paralympics and Asiad can also be organised in this stadium.

In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modis motto of Har Ghar Aangan , the Yogi Government is gearing up to organise Yoga Week in Uttar Pradesh on a grand scale from June 15 to 21, on the occasion of the 9th International Yoga Day, which falls on June 21.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued directives regarding holding of mass Yoga sessions apart from other events across the state with the aim to take Yoga to every household of the state.

A detailed action plan has been formulated under which district-level committees have been formed in all districts of the state which will monitor the implementation of the action plan and provide necessary assistance in its execution.

As per the governments action plan, district magistrates will chair the district-level committees. The committees will also include the chief development officer, municipal commissioner, senior superintendent of Police, superintendent of police, chief medical officer, regional ayurvedic and unani officers, district homeopathic officer, district Education inspector, basic education officer, Sports officer, and representatives from non-governmental organisations as its members.

An array of events will also be held in technical institutions, agricultural universities, higher education institutions, medical institutions, and AYUSH universities across the state. A comprehensive programme is being developed in this regard and the government will allocate funds for it.

In its bid to promote manufacturing of electrical vehicles in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government has decided to provide various incentives and subsidies to the investors and will encourage those investors that carry out Skill development of the employees.

Provisions have been made in the EV Manufacturing and Mobility Policy in this regard. Information about financial incentives for skill development has been provided in the manual related to the implementation of the policy.

In a recent program, the chief minister had appealed to the companies investing in the state to also make efforts for skill development of the youth in order to create a skilled workforce, and had also assured of all possible help from the government in this regard.

Notably, skill development subsidy has been mentioned in the EV policy wherein a one-time subsidy at the rate of `5000 per employee per year will be provided to a maximum of 50 employees in the form of reimbursement of stipend for all defined manufacturing projects. Under this provision, a subsidy will also be paid for training a maximum of 10 employees in a particular year, the spokesman said.

However, it should be noted that this incentive will be applicable solely to employees who have been working in the applicant manufacturing unit for a minimum period of 12 months before joining the training program.

To be eligible for this subsidy, the training programme must be certified by either the National Skill Development Corporation, Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission, a Central/State University/College, or an ITI/Polytechnic institution.

All incentive benefits will be provided only after the commencement of commercial production as per the provision made in the EV policy. The aggregate of all financial incentives for manufacturing projects should not exceed 100 per cent of the fixed capital .

Under this policy, the principle of ‘First Come, First Serve’ will be implemented for projects that have received a letter of comfort from the State Government for promotion under the policy.

The UP government has amended its global tender forCovid-19 vaccinesissued 10 days ago, making the condition for vaccine storage flexible, thus enabling companies likePfizerandModernato place bids.

The spokesperson also scotched speculation about Chinese vaccine manufacturing firms being part of the bidding process.

The meeting was also attended by representatives ofSerum Institute of India(SII), Dr Reddys Lab (manufacturing Russia-made Sputnik), Zydus Cadila and Bharat Bio-tech. The SII representative said, the company was unable to participate in the bidding process as pending orders for Vaccines were significantly high.

Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister AK Sharma said the had provided subsidies worth Rs 23,000 crore during the current fiscal 2022-23 to different categories of power consumers.

He said an additional subsidy of Rs 1,000 crore was made available to the consumers through the supplementary budget of 2022-23.

UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) is working on war footing for installing 40 lakh smart meters across the state. So far 11.78 lakh smart meters have been installed in 12 cities. With the completion of this project, there will be no need for taking manual meter readings from the premises of the power consumers, the minister said here on Monday.

He said the results of effective measures taken by the power corporation to bring down the line losses were now visible. He said in 2016-17, line losses were 21.47 per cent which had come down to 17.62 per cent in January 2023. He said the aggregate transmission and distribution losses had reduced to 26.83 per cent from 28.81 per cent.

The minister said in special camps for resolving the problems faced by the power consumers, a total of 1.73 lakh complaints were received of which 1.46 lakh had been resolved. Moreover, the minister said, 71,000 complaints were resolved through the online SAMBHAV portal set up by the UPPCL.

1,753 government-run primary (class 1 to 5), composite (class 1 to 8) and secondary (up to class 12) schools of the state can look forward to mega revamp in the days to come.

These schools have been picked up for a revamp under the Centrally-sponsored PM SHRI (Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India) School Scheme. The list of these selected schools has been released by the director general (school Education)Vijay Kiran Anand.

As per the list, Prayagraj andGorakhpurdistricts have a maximum of 47 schools each. Likewise, there are 43 schools from Azamgarh district that have been selected for the scheme. Similarly, 42 schools each in Jaunpur and Hardoi district, 36 schools each in Ghazipur and Rae Bareli, 35 schools each have been picked up in Bulandshahr andSiddharth Nagarhave been included in the list.

In Prayagraj alone, a total of 927 schools had applied, out of which 609 were found to be meeting the minimum prescribed standards. Although, two schools were to be selected in each development block, 47 schools have been selected in 21 blocks of Prayagraj. Altogether, 1,753 schools in the state have been selected across the state under the PM SHRI Scheme.

Officials of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) began a capacity-building workshop inMeerut, where senior forest officials were trained to assess carbon stock in trees planted by farmers in the past four years, from 2018 to 2021. Based on their assessment, farmers will get paid via the monetisation of carbon credits. This process will be facilitated byTERI.

TERI entered into a memorandum of understanding with the UP government in December last year to involve farmers in the global efforts to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. After quantification of carbon stock in forests using internationally accepted methods, farmers will directly get a deposit of $6 per into their account.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier announced during the 2021 CO summit in Glasgow that the nation would become “carbon neutral” by 2070.

The carbon intensity of the economy, which is the number of goods made per unit of energy, would be reduced by 45% by 2030. The world needs to halve global emissions by 2030 and become net-zero by 2050, scientists say, to “avoid the worst effects of Climate-change”>Climate Change.”