UTTAR PRADESH

A total of 5,000 new Health sub-centres will be set up to cater to the needs of the rural populace. This will provide communities with comprehensive primary health care Services closer to their homes. Through these new health centres the schemes of government for villagers will also be implemented in a proper manner. The Health department will ensure the presence of necessary medical equipment, doctors, and paramedical staff at these new sub-centres, the chief minister said.

The new health and wellness centres (HWCs) will have arrangements for maternal health, child health, immunisation, adolescent health, diabetes, blood pressure check-up, and treatment for communicable and non-communicable diseases. Besides, activities like and exercise, counseling, health Education, emergency medical facilities will be available there. Apart from immunisation and maternal health check-up and treatment, people will also be made aware of ways to prevent the spread of seasonal diseases.

Manufacturing sector was crucial toUttar Pradesh‘s dream of becoming a one trillion dollar economy, said former chief economic advisor and officiating director of the , Krishnamurthy Subramaniam, who presented his assessment of the state’s goal.

Boost to the manufacturing sector is the common element across all case scenarios that promise to achieve the one trillion-dollar economy dream,” said Subramaniam who is also working as faculty at the Indian School of Business. Therefore, he noted, there was a need to simplify the process of executing and implementing start-ups in the state.

Krishnamurthy said that UP may face what is called ‘intertemporal budget constraint’ in its journey towards the one trillion-dollar economy. In a dynamic economy, a decision-maker is often expected to make choices for both the present and future.

More than 52.3 lakh investor accounts of UP are registered in the stock market and UP ranks at third position in the country

The government said more than 50 lakh investors of UP were trading in Bombay Stock Exchange and UP had become the third force in the country’s stock market.

According to BSE officials, there were a total of 6.9 crore Demat accounts in the country till May 31 out of which, 25 per cent of accounts are from Maharashtra, 85.9 accounts from Gujarat. Gujarat is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 52.3 lakh accounts, Nadu with 42.3 lakh and Karnataka with 42.2 lakh accounts.

Apart from this, there are 39.5 lakh Demat accounts from Bengal, 37.3 lakh from Delhi, 36 lakh from Andhra Pradesh, 34.6 lakh from Rajasthan, 25.7 lakh from Madhya Pradesh, 21.2 lakh from Haryana, 20.7 lakh from Telangana, 19.4 lakh from Kerala, 15.2 lakh from Punjab and 16.5 lakh from Bihar.

As per SEBI guidelines, Demat accounts that are not used for more than one year are considered inactive. At present, the Demat accounts of investors active in the stock market from UP have not been closed and new investor accounts from UP are being registered in the stock market continuously.

This scenario is in stark contrast to the situation four and a half years back when the activity of the people of UP in the stock market was negligible because business activity was abysmal in the state. In the year 2017, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made the state sharply oriented towards development. Since then, Uttar Pradesh is now running on the path of rapid development.

With the Cabinet giving nod to theUttar Pradesh Solid Waste(Management, Operation and Sanitation) Rules, it will soon be compulsory for households to segregate waste at source and for to implement door-to-door waste collection.

The new rules also set penalty for violating the provisions of the Solid Waste Management Rules-2016, including littering in public areas, making pets defecate in public places and throwing construction waste on the roadside. All the waste will have to be segregated at source into three categories biodegradable,non-biodegradableand domestic.

It will have to be deposited in different bins as per their category. Waste like sanitary pads and diapers will have to be disposed of as per directions of the specific local body.

The state produces 14,468 tons of solid waste each day and the responsibility for collecting and managing it vests with urban local bodies.

Among the non-biodegradable waste, the local body will have to identify what isrecyclableand ensure that it is supplied to authorised recyclers. The biodegradable or wet waste should either be composted or treated through bio-methanation for production of fuel.

In areas where waste is different from what is specified for the three domestic categories is produced, like butcheries and meat shops, waste has to be stored in separate closed bins and should not be mixed with other waste.

The state underwent dramatic changes under the guidance of Home minister Amit Shah, who nurtured UP during his stint as BJP state in charge in 2014 and then as party president in 2017.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that Uttar Pradesh has made a big leap in the field of basic Education over the past six years and many schools which were on the verge of closure have been rejuvenated during this period because of a strong will, determined efforts, Resources, technology and innovation.

Inaugurating the Sampark Smartshala-Smart Block programme, a joint initiative of the Basic Education department and Sampark Foundation, held at Yogiraj Baba Gambhirnath Auditorium, the CM said that the Skilled India Mission, with better use of technology, was giving great results in improving the quality of education in the state.

Under the programme, 58 council schools in the city area and 68 in Chargawan block were equipped with LED TVs as well as maths and English kits. The CM personally provided kits to the teachers from five schools and also released the magazine of Sampark Foundation.

The chief minister said education is the foundation of Society. He said that prior to 2017, there were insufficient toilets, flooring, and drinking water facilities in the schools. With around 1.34 crore children attending about 1.56 lakh schools, there was also a severe shortage of teachers in schools, he added.

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.