UTTAR PRADESH

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

The Yogi Adityanath government is going to take a big step towards giving security to half the Population of the state. The government will spend about Rs 500 crore in this direction.

Under this, 10,417 scooties will be purchased for the Women‘s beat system. In a high-level meeting of the Home department, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given instructions to implement this scheme. Not only this, under this scheme, the government will also open 40 Police pink booths in each district of the state. In this way, a total of 3,000 police pink booths will be set up in 75 districts of the state. Of these, 20 pink booths will be set up at religious and tourist places. Twenty scooties will also be purchased for patrolling by women policemen to be posted at these booths.

The government will spend more than three crore rupees for the construction of booths and purchase of scooty. For this entire scheme, the government will spend more than Rs 195 crore in . At the same time, more than Rs 297 crore will be spent on the operational expenditure of the scheme.

In the 2022 UP assembly Elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party had promised to open police pink booths in every district of the state. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is now going to fulfill the same announcement.

Special care will be taken for the convenience of women in these pink booths. In these booths, arrangements will be made for women from the restroom, washroom, complaint room, kitchen to first aid.

With the establishment of pink booths in all the districts and religious and tourist places, on the one hand, the women of the state will get rid of the malpractices and, on the other, women will be able to openly tell the police about other violence and misbehavior against them, including domestic violence.

The proposed Film City is to come up at Sector 21 of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) under public-private PARTNERSHIP (PPP) guidelines.

The meeting is expected to roll out the bidding process by finalising the request for proposal (RFP) of the tender document. The RFP will clearly define the form and content of the final offer. The project involves development of the Film City on about 1,000 acres of land which includes industrial and commercial land use. The total allotment value of the land is about Rs 7,213 crore, whereas the acquisition cost and external development cost is about Rs 2,157 crore.

In this DFR a total two scenarios were created — one focused on the film and media alone while the other focused on a fair mix of filming and media industry along with a healthy entertainment segment. The latter scenario was selected for further study and financial modeling and structuring.

On the occasion, the prime minister will hand over the keys to the beneficiaries of PM Awas Yojana-Urban.

Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would be present in the function along with Union Minister for Urban Development Hardeep Singh Puri.

The programme based on the theme ‘Changing Environment“>Urban environment‘ will be organised from October 5 to 7 and development in all cities of the state will be demonstrated through exhibition in the programme.

The keys were symbolically handed over to five beneficiaries of Ayodhya, Sonbhadra and Rae Bareli, while the other beneficiaries attended the programme through the virtual medium.

Yogi also interacted with some of the beneficiaries from various districts through video conferencing.

Underlining the efforts of his government in ensuring housing for all, the chief minister said that the realisation of the prime ministers dream was visible.

Appreciating the work done by the Rural Development department, the chief minister asked officials concerned to connect all Women with the self-help groups. Around 52 lakh women of the state were linked with the rural livelihood mission and were provided funds from the revolving fund.