UTTAR PRADESH

The acquisition of industrial plots by as many as 1,564 major investors from India and abroad in the last four years of Yogi Adityanath government bears testimony to interest among investors in the YEIDA area.

As many as 1,564 industrialists are making an of about Rs 16,523.83 crore to establish their units in YEIDA area, and they are expected to provide https://exam.pscnotes.com/EMPLOYMENT“>EMPLOYMENT to over 2.6 lakh people. This is for the first time that YEIDA has attracted such a huge Investment.

The investors have already started construction of their manufacturing units and many are close to completion. A case in point is that of Vivo which has set up its mobile phone manufacturing unit in Sector 24 of YEIDA and the production is likely to start in the next four to six months.

The Yingtong Electronic Technology’s unit for manufacturing mobile phone accessories is almost ready in Sector 24 and many companies like Surya Global Flexi Pvt Ltd, Haldiram Snacks Pvt Ltd, Holistic India Kent RO, Orient Fashion Export, Bodycare International are setting up their units in YEIDA.

According to Industry experts, the number of investors in the YEIDA area could go further up remarkably with the beginning of construction of Jewar International Airport. The experts believe that the airport will attract the biggest investors of the world and YEIDA, leaving other industrial development authorities in the state far behind in terms of investments.

In view of the increasing demand for plastic products across the globe, the Uttar Pradesh government is going to develop plastic processing parks, one of which will be set up in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area.

The YEIDA Board has approved the proposal and the Planning department is working on the outline of the park. After the approval, work on the project will start and the process of setting up industries will accelerate, a government spokesman said here on Thursday.

The Yogi Adityanath government has a plan to set up a plastic park on the lines of medical device park, toy park, textile park, leather park, and electronic park in UP.

Units for processing, manufacturing and other related technology of plastic products will be set up in the plastic park, which will meet the plastic needs of not only Uttar Pradesh but also the country and the world, an official said.

He said hundreds of plastic units would be set up in an area of 100 acres.

The All India Plastic Industries Association has already presented a proposal in this regard. The plan has also been approved by the YEIDA Board. More than 20 investors have proposed to invest in the plastic processing park to be set up in the YEIDA area.

The ethanol production in the current sugarcane crushing season (2022-23) has hit the billion litre (bl) mark and is counting. At present the sugarcane area and sugarcane output is estimated at 2.85 million hectares and 235 mt respectively.

Rising ethanol production is helping the sugar mills in making faster payments to farmers, said Additional Chief Secretary (sugarcane and excise) Sanjay Bhoosreddy.

The mills have settled nearly 75 per cent of their cane arrears in the current season, he added.

Uttar Pradesh is the countrys biggest ethanol producer. A sugar by-product, ethanol is used for a variety of purposes ranging from mixing in fossil fuel to pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The state has about 85 operational ethanol distilleries, while the annual capacity is estimated at 2.45 bl.

Sources say the UP distilleries have already received ethanol orders to the tune of 1.58 bl, thereby implying that the seasonal production would match the same and go further up based on prospective orders.

Ethanol produced in the state is exported to oil Marketing company depots, both within and outside the state, for the Centre mandated 10 per cent blending in fuel. UP sugar production has crossed the one crore MT mark and is expected to exceed 1.10 crore MT by the time the states crushing operations conclude by the end of this month.

At present, about 49 of the total 120 sugar mills in UP are crushing sugarcane, while the remaining have closed for the season. Of the total 120 mills, the private sector leads the tally with 93 Plants, followed by the cooperative sector with 24 units and UP State Sugar Corporation with three units.

UP has 75 distilleries with a production capacity of 2.49 crore litres per annum. UP is the largest producer of ethanol in the country. Establishment of 17 new distillery units is underway and new units are expected to be commissioned by the end of 2024.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to engage the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) for rigorous analysis of the Covid curve in all the 75 districts of the state.

The IIT-K already has been doing such analysis and has made them public. It would do more, as and when, the asked it to do so.

Yogi Adityanath further said the state was now also getting Oxygen from Jamnagar (Gujarat), Durgapur and Barjora (West Bengal) and Rourkela (Odisha) to augment supply.

The Yogi Adityanath governments efforts to harness UPs tourism potential has not only led to an increased influx of domestic and foreign tourists but is also generating ample EMPLOYMENT opportunities in tourist destinations.

In 2022, the state witnessed the arrival of 24.87 crore tourists to Uttar Pradesh, out of which the number of foreigners was 4.10 lakh. Owing to the sustained efforts of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the tourism and hospitality sectors also garnered immense attention from the investors in the Global Investors Summit held recently in the state capital.

Both the sectors received proposals of Rs 98,193 crore and Rs 20,722 crore, respectively. In the coming years, about 1.45 lakh employment opportunities will be created by both the sectors.

The UP government received 397 proposals in the tourism sector included in the top-20 sectors. There is a possibility of investment of Rs 98,193 crore through this. This will provide more than 2.60 lakh jobs. As many as 437 proposals were received in the hospitality sector. With this, about one lakh youth in Paschimanchal, Purvanchal, Madhyanchal and Bundelkhand will get employment.

To promote ethanol production in an eco-friendly manner, the Uttar Pradesh government has been holding talks with Denmark, which is expected to aid the state in adopting new technology for making ethanol and methanol through the utilisation of agricultural waste.

Under the Leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, radical changes are being seen in every sector. The government is partnering with domestic and foreign companies to make life easier for the common man through new technologies. In this direction, recently Ambassador of Denmark Freddie Svane met Chief Secretary DS Mishra and discussed in depth the utility of technology related to the conversion of stubble straw into bio straw briquettes into ethanol or methanol.

E-methanol is produced through hydrogen gas in the carbon dioxide produced by the Fermentation process. Denmark is setting up the first project based on this patented technology. It is proposed to start production in the year 2025.

The proposed Danish patented technology is not operational anywhere in the world. The first plant based on this method is under construction and is expected to start production by 2025. It is proposed to produce 1.00 lakh tonnes of ethanol from 145 million normal cubic metres of biogas (1,10,200 tonnes of gas) collected from six briquette production Plants of 450 tonnes capacity each.

The capex () for setting up this plant has been shown as Rs 2,225 crore. It is proposed to produce 2.50 lakh tonnes of methanol from 145 million normal cubic metres of biogas gathered from six briquette production plants of 450 tonnes capacity each. The capex for setting up this plant has been shown as Rs 3,034 crore. The prices of ethanol and methanol produced are about Rs 80.00 and Rs 64.00 per litre, respectively.

To provide relief to the poor suffering from economic slowdown due to coronavirus pandemic,Uttar PradeshChief Minister Yogi Adityanath will provide amaintenance allowanceto the tune of Rs 1,500 crore to 1.5 crore labourers and construction workers.
The government will provide two-month allowance of Rs 1,000 to workers to tide over the financial crisis. There are 5,09,08,745 registered workers in the state out of whom, the number of unorganized workers registered on the e-SHRAM portal are 3,81,60,725. The total number of workers registered under BOCW Board are 1,27,48,020.

In the first phase, maintenance allowance will be sent to the bank accounts of nearly two crore workers, small shopkeepers, daily wage labourers, rickshaw/e-rickshaw pullers, porters, barbers, washermen, cobblers and confectioners.

Chief MinisterYogi Adityanathwould be travelling to Davos city in Switzerland in January to attend theWorld Economic Forum(WEF). Yogi would be the first CM of UP to be attending the WEF meeting.

To be held between January 16 and 20, the WEF meeting will bring leaders from government, business and civil Society together to address the state of the world and discuss priorities for the year ahead.

UP is eying to attract of over Rs 10 lakh crore in the state through the global investors summit scheduled to take place between February 10 and 12.

Prior to 2017, when thousands of children used to succumb to diseases such as encephalitis, the NFHS report has revealed that Uttar Pradesh is leading in many areas and that figures have improved as compared to the previous surveys.

In a major boost to the Health and medical facilities under the present Yogi Adityanath regime, full immunisation coverage in Uttar Pradesh has gone up from 51.1 per cent to 69.6 per cent. The number of children between the ages of 12 and 13 months who have been fully vaccinated has increased from 51.1 per cent (NFHS-4) to 69 per cent (NFHS-V), he said.

The health minister said that the data of the Family Health Survey-5 was testimony to the fact that Uttar Pradesh had improved more than the national standard.

The number of Women affected by anemia has come down by 5.1 per cent, whereas at the national level it is 1.8 per cent. The state has recorded a decrease of 7.4 per cent in cases of underweight children as compared to the national figures which stand at 3.7 per cent, he said