UTTAR PRADESH

As per governments directives, the distribution was carried out entirely through PoS devices with biometric Aadhaar and dealer authentication in a transparent manner.

The distributed around 76,39,378 MT of free food grains under PMGKAY, while approximately 23,60 lakh MT of free ration was separately distributed by the government, which was in addition to the ration being distributed under PMGKAY. The total distribution amounts to 100 lakh or I crore MT in the state.

In order to help the migrants, poor and under-privileged sections to tide over the hardship of pandemic, the government is providing free 5 kg food grains to over 15 crore beneficiaries of the state. Under the scheme, each beneficiary receives 3 kg wheat and 2 kg rice.

During the last fiscal 2020-21, out of a total allocation of 58, 1 lakh MT food grains under PMGKAY-2020 (April-November 2020), approx 56,21 lakh MT or around 96.87 per cent, has been distributed by the state.

In 2021 (PMGKAY III) so far, out of a total allocation of around 22,77 lakh MT food grains (May -July 2021) approximately 20,18 lakh MT, which is 91.40 per cent, food grains have been distributed by the government.

PMGKAY was first introduced in 2020 for eight months to provide relief to around 15 crore beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from Covid-induced economic hardships. There are more than 1.30 crore units of beneficiaries under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana and over 13, 41 crore units under Priority Household card holders.

In an attempt to accelerate the process of setting up of industries, the Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA) will soon initiate the application process for allocation of 253 industrial plots in different sectors, including the plastic and readymade garment park projects among others.

According to GIDA Chief Executive Officer Pawan Agrawal, the allocation process for the new plots will expedite the development of a plastic park.

As per the available data, 92 plots with a total area of 2,18,859 square metre will be allotted in the plastic park located in Sector 28. The sizes of these plots range from 594 square metre to 20,764 square metre. A total of 42 plots will be available with sizes up to 1,000 square metre, 42 plots with sizes ranging from 1,001 to 4,000 square metre, five plots with sizes ranging from 4,001 to 20,000 square metre, and three plots with sizes exceeding 20,001 square metre, for which entrepreneurs/investors can submit their applications.

Similarly, a total of 41 new plots will be allocated at the Garment Park in GIDA Sector 26, covering a total area of 28,340 square metre. These plots will have sizes ranging from 510 to 1,000 square metre.

Notably, GIDA has emerged as the preferred destination for investors over the last six years, similar to Noida, due to improved law and order situation as well as -friendly and transparent policies of the Yogi government. During the Global Investors Summit held in February, Gorakhpur received Investment proposals worth Rs 1.71 lakh crore.

With small businesses making big waves in UP, tech companies are playing an important role in their Growth. Apart from their platforms being used, these companies are also turning investors for small and medium businesses.

Since the pandemic struck in 2020, Zoom has been involved in various initiatives with the UP government.

For online classes and business centres in villages to run smoothly, Zoom works to ensure that legacy operating systems and poor bandwidth do not become obstacles to the apps performance.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths efforts to empower Women received a major boost as six out of the 17 BJP mayors elected to municipal corporations are women.

The Bharatiya Janata Party fielded six female candidates for the position of mayor and all emerged victorious.

Besides, the candidate who received the highest number of votes and the one who won by the biggest are also women.

The Yogi governments Mission Shakti is accomplishing the dream of half the Population not only in Society but also in politics. Be it assembly, or the civic bodies , the government is providing women with a level playing field, allowing them to prove their worth, BJP vice-president Vijay Bahadur Pathak said here on Monday.

Sushma Kharwal got maximum votes of more than five lakh in Lucknow while Sunita Dayal of Ghaziabad defeated the BSP candidate with the highest margin of 2.87 lakh votes.

Hemlata Diwakar from Agra, Kamini Rathore from Firozabad, Pramila Pandey from Kanpur, Sunita Dayal from Ghaziabad and Archana Verma from Shahjahanpur have got the distinction of becoming the first citizens.

Hemlata Diwakar defeated the BSP candidate with a margin of over 1.88 lakh votes while Kanpurs Pramila Pandey won the electoral battle with a margin of over 1.77 lakh votes.

Shahjahanpurs Archana and Firozabads Kamini Rathore won by 30,000 and 26000 votes respectively.

Out of the 69,474 people, who underwent rapid antigen test in rural Uttar Pradesh, 3,551 or a little over 5% were found positive.

The five-day testing campaign, being carried out across the states 97,000 revenue villages, is taking place in the aftermath of the panchayat polls and amid reports of rising Covid-19 cases in villages. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that teams would visit every single Home and check people for symptoms, isolating those who test positive and ensure that they are given medicines.

To prevent thespread of novel coronavirusspread in rural UP, amass testing drivehas been launched in villages. Teams are going to all houses to provide treatment and counsel patients.Door-to-door screeningand testing is being done by monitoring committees.

In an effort to make the villages of Uttar Pradesh clean and beautiful, the Yogi Adityanath government will now impart training to gram pradhans, block motivators, panchayat assistants and cleaning staff. A total of 21 training centres will be set up across the state and 83,000 people will be trained in different sessions.

As per the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, preparations are underway to take appropriate steps regarding the management of solid and liquid waste in all the villages of the state and to train the gram panchayat officials for this.

In the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural), more than 25,000 gram panchayats of the state have been included for the financial year 2023-24. The training of master trainers has been completed recently.

In this sequence, training will be provided to about 83,000 people like village heads, block motivators, and panchayat assistants, who will actually work in the villages.

The Uttar Pradesh tableau was chosen as the best among the 12 States/UTs in the Republic Day parade on 26 January 2022.

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The Uttar Pradesh tableau was chosen as the best among the 12 States/UTs in the Republic Day parade on 26 January 2022.

‘One District, One Product and Kashi Vishwanath Dham’ was the topic of the Uttar Pradesh tableau. On 26 January, a total of 12 states and union territories marched in the Republic Day parade.

Karnataka took second place with a tableau focused on the ‘cradle of traditional handicrafts.’

In contrast, Meghalaya took third with a tableau based on ‘Meghalaya’s 50 years of Statehood and its tribute to Women-led and SHGs.’

he Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr) has nominated King George’s Medical University (KGMU) as an advanced centre for clinical trials in the central zone. The council has published the name of the 12 institutes of six zones across the country.

KGMU has been selected from the central zone which includes Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,Chhattisgarhand Madhya Pradesh.

The central research agency had sought applications from interested institutions to participate in the Indian clinical trial and Education Network (INTENT) programme. KGMUs application was selected after scrutiny and it was approved that the medical university will act as an advanced centre for clinical trials. ICMR is developing a centralised network in selected medical institutions and medical universities, which would run clinical trials of drugs, therapies and Vaccines. Besides, researchers will also be trained in these institutes.