UTTAR PRADESH

UP district tops e-registration of consumer complaints

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The district consumer commission of Mainpuri inUttar Pradeshhas registered the maximum number of consumer complaints under e-Daakhil since the scheme to launch grievenaces was launched at the national level. The district commission also has the lowest rate of rejection of cases filed online.

According to data, Mainpuri has accepted 227 complaints through e-Daakhil, which is the highest in the country. The South West Delhi District Commission has the second highest number of accepted cases (183), followed by Sangli (161 cases) inMaharashtra. This also shows that while 18,320 complaints have been filed online by the consumers so far in district, state and national consumer commissions, only 6,815 (37%) have been accepted so far.

So far 31 states and UTs have launched the e-Daakhil.

The Uttar Pradesh government has made a commitment to usher in a new Blue Revolution by strengthening fish production as it is creating employment opportunities thereby increasing the rural economy.

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The fish farming business, which was considered a loss deal in the previous governments, has given EMPLOYMENT opportunities to thousands of youth in their villages. In the last four years, a total of 7.46 lakh metric tons of fish was produced in the state, which is 1.28 lakh metric tons more than during the five-year regime of the Samajwadi Party government, government spokesman Sidharth Nath Singh said.

He said due to the effective schemes of the Yogi government, fish production had started spreading rapidly in UP.

Youth are more inclined to adopt new technologies and techniques and are joining this business. The record production of 7.46 lakh metric tons of fish in UP is proof of this. During the five-year tenure of the SP government, a total of 6.18 lakh metric tons of fish was produced, he said.

The present government provided loans amounting to nearly Rs 6,972.08 lakh to 7,883 fish farmers through Kisan Credit Card whereas in the previous government not even a single fish farmer was given the benefit of the credit card scheme. The Yogi-led UP government has allotted 2,821 houses to fishermen in the state in the last four years, whereas during the SP regime only 2,383 fishermen were given houses.

Besides, in the last four years, 3,392.74 lakh metric tons of fish seed was produced in the state, whereas in the five-year rule of the Akhilesh Yadav government, a total of 2,703.56 lakh metric tons of fish seed was produced. The government has made a provision of Rs 243 crore in the budget for the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana started by the Central government. In order to provide financial security to the fishing community, two lakh fishermen will be covered with free Insurance in the financial year 2021-2022.

Middle East common link in click farm cases

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Cyber cell sleuths probing the click farm fraud cases have said that the 24 such cases reported in the city in the last six months have a common connection the Middle East.

These bank accounts have been found in Maharashtra,Rajasthanand even in some cases in Jharkhand and Bihar, said Mishra.
He said that Police teams were working, and a breakthrough will be made soon.

Jal Gyan Yatra to showcase UPs transformation to kids

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Children of schools of Uttar Pradesh will now go from village to village to witness the development works of Jal Jeevan Mission. The Yogi Adityanath government will conduct exposure visits for students studying in council schools through the Jal Gyan Yatra programme.

For this, the Basic Education department has sent a letter to the basic education officers of all districts, instructing them to provide the authorised list of schools and children to the State Water and Sanitation Mission office on priority basis. The Jal Gyan Yatra will be organised by Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply department and Basic Education department.

The Jal Gyan Yatra programme will commence this month. Groups of students will be shown sewage treatment plant (STP) and water treatment plant during Jal Gyan Yatra. In the first phase of this free Jal Gyan Yatra, a trip to Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Mahoba and Jhansi will be made.During this visit, quiz competitions will also be organised in Sports and games.The students of the state will get information about the development works under the Jal Jeevan Mission’s Har Ghar Jal Yojana through Jal Gyan Yatra.

GPS-based monitoring of construction of rural roads

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The has deployed vehicle tracking system (VTS) under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to accelerate construction of roads in rural areas and ensure their quality.

A GPS-based VTS has been installed on over 950 equipment and machinery being used in the construction of village roads. A command centre has been set up in UPRRDA for its monitoring, from where information is updated every moment. This includes locating the machines working on a site, the number of hours they have worked, and the quality of the work done.

Goswami said PMGSY is serving as a medium for increasing the income of farmers and creating EMPLOYMENT opportunities. At the same time, it facilitates easy and fast movement to Food Processing centres, mandis (Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture markets) and other farmer-related enterprises.

GIS discusses affirmative action for inclusive growth

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Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a preferred destination for investors at the Global Investors Summit-2023. On the second day of the UP GIS-1023, a session on ‘Affirmative action for https://exam.pscnotes.com/inclusive-Growth“>Inclusive Growth was organised by the UP Social Welfare department during the sectoral sessions.

In the session, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar was the chief guest, and he was joined by UP Minister of Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribes Welfare (Independent Charge) Aseem Arun, Minister of State for Social Welfare Sanjeev Gond and Minister of State for Backward Classes Welfare Narendra Kashyap.

UP govt to honour meritorious students

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In its ongoing pursuit to enhance the quality of Education in Uttar Pradesh, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to organise a Nipun Samman (brilliant achievement) ceremony every month to honour meritorious students. The selected students will be honoured in this ceremony by their parents and dignitaries.

These students will play a supportive role for the rest of the students. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given instructions to accelerate various activities in the state to ensure the effective implementation of the Skill India Mission. Specific benchmarks are also established for these activities to meet smart targets by 2025-26.

Within the Skill India Mission framework, the aim is to raise the Learning level of students studying in classes 1-3 and bring them up to class level.

The significance of encouraging all children and their parents to help their children become skilled students and the school to become a capable school will be published and motivated.

Efforts are on to make water available in the parched and rugged Bundelkhand region where the Uttar Pradesh government has set a target to set up 10,000 ponds under Khet Talab Yojana at an estimated cost of Rs 10,000 crore.

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People of Bundelkhand will no longer be thirsty as the Yogi Adityanath government is trying diligently to ensure optimal use of every drop of water in the region through various projects, including https://exam.pscnotes.com/sprinkler-Irrigation“>Sprinkler Irrigation and Khet Talab Yojana. The State Government plans to build 10,000 farm ponds at a cost of Rs 100 crore in the 2021-22 financial year. Government agencies have already dug 4,400 farm ponds at a cost of Rs 49.56 crore so far as part of the Other Intervention component of its ‘Per Drop More Crop’ scheme. Most ponds have been constructed in Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions. Besides geo-tagging of these ponds, 50 per cent subsidy is given to the farmers through direct benefit transfer (DBT). Water saved in these ponds during the rainy season will be used for irrigation purposes and as drinking water for the cattle in the rest of the season.

According to an estimate, around 20 million cubic metre of drinking water will be available to the people of Mahoba. Aiming to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogans such as ‘Per Drop, More Crop’ and ‘Water to Every Field, the BJP government in the state has been intensively working on these projects since taking over four years ago.

UP Har Ghar Jal scheme crosses 50 per cent mark

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Uttar Pradesh achieved the target of 50 per cent of its Har Ghar Jal scheme which is aimed at providing clean drinking water to rural families.

As many as 1.3 crore families in rural areas have got tap connections, which will benefit 7.9 crore people. Under the Har Ghar Jal scheme, a total of 2.6 crore rural families have to be provided clean water by 2024.
The Centre has congratulated the Yogi government on its achievement. Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh and principal secretary Anurag Srivastava Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply department congratulated the officials, engineers and staff for the achievement.
The scheme has been implemented in the remote areas in nine districts of Bundelkhand and Vindhyan region.

In seven districts in Bundelkhand, over 11 lakh families got a clean water supply. Mahoba district is on the top of the districts that have got new tap connections in the Bundelkhand region. A total of 91.8% of rural families in Mahoba have got clean water supply. In the Vindhyan region, more than four lakh rural families have been covered under the scheme.

Uttar Pradesh Government framing Oxygen policy, seeks more investors

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MSMEministerSidharth Nath Singh said that to meet the demand for Oxygen in the ongoing pandemic, thestate governmentwas working on formulating anoxygen policy. The policy would offer incentives to encourage more investors in the sector.

Singh also spoke about the need to have a robust medical and healthcare in the state for any unforeseen contingencies or challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic. Asking the Industry for some out of the box suggestions on how this could be done at the earliest, the minister said that the pandemic has disrupted business activities and the momentum would have to be revived by the collective efforts of the government and the industry.