UTTAR PRADESH

Launching National Nutrition Month in Lucknow, Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that nutrition of women and children was necessary to make the country and the state strong, capable and prosperous.

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he two top leaders also inaugurated 529 new Anganwadi centres constructed at a cost of about Rs. 4,142 lakh in 24 districts of the state. Citations were distributed to Anganwadi workers, chief sevikas and child development project officers and appointment letters were distributed to 91 newly-selected child development project officers.

Addressing the programme, Governor Anandiben Patel said that special attention needs to be paid to the Health of Women, girls, and children in order to make the country and the state strong, capable, and prosperous. Remarkable efforts have been made by the under the Leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in this direction, she said.

Emphasising inter-departmental coordination for effective operation of various programmes during National Nutrition Month, Patel said that the results of programmes related to removal of Malnutrition among women and children could be further improved and that public participation had a useful role in getting rid of malnutrition.

Expressing happiness that people were willing to provide land for the Ganga Expressway project to the administration, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed officials to speed up the process of purchase of remaining 1,221 hectares of land for the project.

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Till date, 5,261 hectares of land has been purchased from 63,362 farmers which accounts for 80 per cent of the total requirement of the project.

The 594-km-long Ganga Expressway project of UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is an approved six-lane access-controlled road with a route alignment connecting National Highway 334 in Meerut with National Highway 2 at Prayagraj bypass in Prayagraj. This Greenfield project was first announced to connect Noida with Ballia during the Mayawati regime in 2008. Since then, the project in Phase 1 has been revised to connect Meerut with Prayagraj.

In Phase 2, the expressway will be extended by 110 km to Tigri on Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand border and by 314 km to Ballia near Varanasi. In February 2021, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to extend the project on either end — from Meerut to Haridwar and from Prayagraj to Varanasi from the get-go. The total estimated cost of the project is around Rs 40,000 crore.

Satyarthi campaign to eradicate child crime at village level

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Renowned child rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi has embarked on a new initiative to eradicate child crime at the village level, in collaboration with multiple non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

The campaign aims to raise awareness about child crimes and ensure strict actions against those involved.

In the initial phase, 300 villages in Meerut and Baghpat have been selected in association with the Janhit Foundation to participate in this noble endeavour.

Under the campaign, each village will establish a committee named Bal Mitra, comprising 15 individuals, including the village head, Anganwadi workers, and ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activists).

This committee will have several crucial responsibilities, including preventing child marriages, curbing Child Labour, and combating child trafficking. The committee will closely monitor any crimes committed against children and educate them about toll-free helpline numbers for immediate assistance, said Anita Rana, director of Janhit Foundation.

Explaining the significance of the Bal Mitra committees, she said that these committees would play a vital role in the campaign, acting as the frontline DEFENCE against child crimes.

UPs strategy on lumpy disease has made it safest state for cattle

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UP has emerged as the safest state for cattle suffering from lumpy skin disease. The state reported the least number of deaths due to the disease over the past one year. While the all-India mortality rate was 5%, in UP only 0.05% of the affected cattle died due to the lumpy disease.

The vector-borne disease had created a lot of anxiety among cattle owners as it resulted into an alarming situation inRajasthanandHaryanain July last year. More than 1.55 lakh cattle died due to the disease in the country and affected the milk production capacity of several states including Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana and Punjab.

While 18 doctors who were instrumental in carrying out the high vaccination rate were felicitated by the government on Wednesday, the department is ensuring that the payments to the maitri volunteers who work under the UP development board was done directly into their bank accounts.

UP has a cattle Population of 1.9 crore out of which 1.58 crore have been vaccinated. About 1.12 lakh cattle got affected by the disease out of which 1.1 lakh cattle have recovered.

CM: Mission Rojgar to connect 2 crore youths with employment in 3-4 years

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the was running a big campaign under Mission Rojgar through which more than two crore youths of the state would get jobs and EMPLOYMENT in different sectors in the next three-four years.

Addressing the closing ceremony of the two-day Lucknow Kaushal Mahotsav, organised in collaboration with the National Skill development Mission and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi said that the government had also started CM Apprenticeship Training with which seven and a half lakh youths of the state would be connected.

Under the apprenticeship scheme, the government and the Industry would each give half of the honorarium to the youths studying in universities and colleges, the chief minister said, adding that they would be connected with experiential work and new training.

UP Global Investors Summit to begin with 27L-crore leap

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With an aim to establishUttar Pradeshas a major hub and develop it into a USD 1 trillion economy, the State Government, led by Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, will welcome thousands of Industry luminaries, foreign investors and political bigwigs to the three-dayUP Global Investors Summit.

Having set Rs 10 lakh crore investment target, the government has already signed MoUs of Rs 27 lakh crore. PMNarendra Modiwill inaugurate the event.

Govt announces incentives for EV manufacturing in Uttar Pradesh

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The cabinet cleared the New Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy 2022. The policy aims at generating a framework under which electric vehicles can be promoted in Uttar Pradesh.

The new policy is aimed at making UP a global hub for electric mobility development and manufacturing, enabling a transition to eco-friendly transportation systems, enabling investments for development of charging or battery swapping , attracting investments for manufacturing units and supply to a global market, and promoting research and innovations in non-ICE based automobiles, battery technology, fuel cell technologies and EV electronics.

Under the policy, incentives will be provided to consumers for purchasing EVs, to manufacturers and to service providers for charging and battery swapping Services. The policy states that 100% road tax and registration fee will be waived off across all segments of EVs during the first three years of the new policy. The exemption will also be provided in the fourth and fifth years of the policy provided the vehicle has been manufactured in UP.

A 15% subsidy will be given on factory cost for purchasing two-wheeler EVs, up to maximum Rs 5,000 per vehicle, applicable to the first 2 lakh EVs purchased. Similarly, up to a maximum Rs 12,000 will be provided for three-wheelers, for the first 50,000 EVs. For 4-wheelers a subsidy of up to Rs 1 lakh for the first 25,000 EVs and up to Rs 20 lakh per e-bus for the purchase of the first 400 buses will be provided. A 10% subsidy will be provided on the factory cost of e-goods carriers, up to Rs 1 lakh per vehicle for the first 1,000 e-goods carriers.

The home-grown revolver of Webley and Scott, the renowned British firearms company, has hit the Indian market with its first delivery being made in Lucknow.

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The British firm had entered into an understanding with Lucknow-based Sial Manufacturers to manufacture firearms and it is being manufactured in Hardoi. This unit is the first of Webley and Scott in the country. Revolvers, pistols, airguns will be made in this unit. As there is demand for revolvers, the unit will be manufacturing it initially. Its cost would be around Rs 1.55 lakh.

As per the agreement, the company will not sell the revolvers directly but through gun houses.

Webley is famous for the revolvers and automatic pistols it supplied to the British Empire’s military, particularly the British Army, from 1887 through both World War I and World War II. In 2010, Webley and Scott restarted the production of shotguns for commercial sale.

Yogis model of governance is drawing global applause

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Amid widespread violence in West Bengal duringpanchayat , which claimed 20 lives on the polling day and over 40 lives since the poll process got underway in the state, theYogi Adityanathmodel of Governance has become a hot topic of discussion in the country as well as abroad, a government spokesperson said.

Comparisons are being drawn between West Bengal, where ballot boxes were looted during panchayat polls and which also witnessed widespread clashes and booth-capturing, andUttar Pradeshwhich did not report even a minor incident of violence during the last Lok Sabha elections or the recently-concluded municipal polls, said a government spokesperson. The Rule of Law in Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest states with highest Population, stands in sharp contrast to the chaotic state of affairs in Mamata Banerjees state where bombs and bullets have become the order of the day, he said.

Aspirational cities’ plan to begin with Rs 100 cr

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In a bid to further strengthen the urban bodies and expand their capacities, the Yogi Adityanath government is going to start the Aspirational Cities Programme.

A budget of Rs 100 crore has been set aside by the Urban Development department for the implementation of this scheme.

In the next three months, using this budget, the Urban Development department will select 100 aspirational bodies on the basis of prescribed parameters. Along with this, CM Fellows will also be posted in the respective districts. The Urban Development department has confirmed through an action plan to spend the allocated budget in the next three months in the schemes operated under the new plan in 2023-24. This action has been taken by the Yogi government to ensure proper development of the municipal bodies.

It is expected that apart from ensuring the quality of work in the urban bodies through this scheme, the implementation of the schemes will also accelerate.

The Urban Development department has stated that 16 parameters will be framed with assistance from for the implementation of the thematic project in the action plan for the upcoming three months. By using these parameters, data will be gathered at the district level.

On the basis of data collection, 100 aspirational bodies will be selected from the state. The thematic plan will be launched with all these selected 100 aspirational bodies. Along with this, CM Fellows will also be deployed for thematic planning in the respective districts. These CM Fellows will work under chief development officers (CDOs) and district magistrates (DMs) and expedite implementation of schemes besides ensuring the quality of work.