UTTAR PRADESH

In an attempt to provide nutritious food to students in the state-run schools, the has announced an increase in the amount for mid-day meals served to children in primary schools. The revised rates will be applicable with effect from April 1, 2023.

According to the Mid-Day Meal Authority, the cost of cooked meals served to children in primary schools has been increased to Rs 5.45 per student per day from the earlier Rs 4.97.

Similarly, for upper primary schools, the cost has been increased to Rs 8.17 per student per day from Rs 7.45 per student.

Thus, the revised rates are 48 paise more per student per day for primary students and 72 paise more per student per day for juniors.

All the district magistrates have been informed about the revised rates by the authority.

On the face of it, the increase looks marginal but when it is looked at in totality, it is enough to add some nutritious grain to the meal, a senior official of the Basic Shiksha Parishad said here on Tuesday.

However, there is uncertainty in some districts regarding the date of implementation of the new rates as they have raised concerns about the order issued by the Basic Shiksha Adhikari and are seeking clarification on the same.

Director of School Education Vijay Kiran Anand said that a meeting with the government would be held soon regarding the revised rates, and a decision would be taken.

It is noteworthy that the department is also planning to include more grains to the mid-day meal scheme, and a decision on this is expected to be taken soon.

Adani Green EnergyLimited (AGEL) announced commissioning of 50 MW solar powerplantinChitrakoot.

The plant, Adani Chitrakoot One Limited, has a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) withUttar Pradesh Power Corporationlimited at Rs. 3.07/KWh.. With this commissioning AGELs total operational renewable capacity grows to 3,520 MW.

The company said that the plant will be connected to its state-of-the-art energy Network operation centre (ENOC) that continuously monitors and analyses performance of 80+ solar and wind Plants across diverse locations in India. With this, AGEL has an operational solar generation capacity of over 3 GW.

More than 1.9 lakh cases of crime against dalits were registered in four years from 2018, the Centre told Parliament earlier this week, citing National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.

As many as 49,613 cases of atrocities and attacks on dalits were registered inUttar Pradesh(11,924 in 2018, 11,829 in 2019, 12,714 in 2020, and 13,146 in 2021). States and UTs such asManipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Lakshadweep and Andamans reported zero cases since 2018. Union MoS for Home,Ajay Kumar Mishra, shared the data on Tuesday in response to a query by BSP MP Girish Chandra, who asked if there was any mechanism to monitor such incidents.
A total of 1,89,945 cases of crime against the community were registered in four years (42,793 in 2018, 45,961 in 2019, 50,291 in 2020 and 50,900 in 2021) in the country. Chargesheet was filed in 1,50,454 of them with 27,754 convictions.

The decades-old economic relations between UP and Italy will not only deepen but will go forward at the speed of a bullet train, said Italian Embassy’s Trade Commissioner Alessandro Liberatori on Saturday at the Italy Partner Country Session at UP Global Investors Summit-2023.

Citing the similarity in trade synergy between Uttar Pradesh and Italy, he said that there were unlimited possibilities of trade between the two. With the new policy brought by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to set up industries in UP, Uttar Pradesh will emerge as a new hub of and Italian industries will play an important role in this, Liberatori said.

The Italian embassy’s trade commissioner said that Italy would also help Uttar Pradesh to become a circular economy as Italy recycles more than 79 per cent of its urban waste. Not only this, UNESCO will play a leading role in preserving the sites and world heritage regions.On the other hand, by promoting Space Technology, leather processing in the state, it will help UP to be recognised in the global market, he said.

The Uttar Pradesh government is likely to present the largest ever annual budget of over Rs 7 lakh crore for the next fiscal 2023-24.

The budget is likely to be tabled in the state assembly in February after the UP Global Investors Summit.

The Yogi Adityanath government 2.0 in May last year had presented its maiden annual budget for 2022-23 of more than Rs 6.15 lakh crore.

The government in December had obtained the approval of the legislature for the supplementary grants of Rs 33,769 crore.

The annual budget for 2022-23 was 10 per cent higher than the annual budget of 2021-22. The budget size of 2021-22 was of Rs5.5 lakh crore and it was presented in February 2021.

The state Finance department has started the process of budget preparation and all the departments have been asked to submit the detailed proposals at the earliest. The Finance department had earlier asked the departments to submit the proposals by the end of November.

The focus of the Finance department is on the new schemes and projects to be taken up in next fiscal 2023-24. The new projects are classified as Schedule of New Demands in the state budget. The new projects and schemes will be included ensuring their efficiency, viability and their actual contribution to gross state domestic product (GSDP).

The gross state domestic product(GSDP) of Uttar Pradesh for 2022-23 (at current prices) is projected to be Rs 20.48 lakh crore, a https://exam.pscnotes.com/Growth“>Growth of 17.1 per cent over the revised estimate of GSDP for 2021-22 (Rs 17.49 lakh crore. In 2021-22, the GSDP is estimated to contract by 9.8 per cent over the previous year (at current prices) due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The total receipts excluding borrowings for 2022-23 was estimated to be Rs 5.02 lakh crore, and an increase of 32 per cent over the revised estimates of 2021-22 (Rs 3.81 lakh crore.In 2021-22, receipts (excluding borrowings) fell short of the budget estimate by Rs 39,609 crore (a decrease of 9 per cent).

The for 2022-23 is targeted at Rs 81,178 crore (3.96 per cent of the GSDP). In 2021-22, as per the revised estimates, the Fiscal Deficit was 4.27 per cent of the GSDP, higher than the budget estimate of 4.17 per cent of the GSDP.

Revenue surplus for 2022-23 is estimated to be Rs 43,124 crore (2.11 per cent of the GSDP).In 2021-22, the revenue surplus was estimated to be 1.26 per cent of the GSDP, higher than the budget estimate of 1.07 per cent of the GSDP.

Muzaffarnagars air quality index reading stood at 423 on Friday evening, making it the most polluted city in UP and the 2nd most polluted city in the country.
As per theCentral Pollution Control Boards daily AQI bulletin that assessed the air quality of 153 cities all over India, Muzaffarnagar is the only city in the state to have recorded severe levels of Air Pollution.

Blaming it on drop in temperature and wind speed, Muzaffarnagarpollution departmentclaimed that due to change in weather, the air quality deteriorated. Officials said local administration is taking several measures to loosen the smog by sprinkling water on roads and trees, and ensuring a complete ban on the construction activity and factories that emanate smoke.”

According to list of the districts published on the board’s website on Friday at 4pm, the most polluted city was Siwan inBiharwith an AQI value of 426, followed byFaridabadand Muzaffarnagar (423) and Delhi (406). The board categorises air quality as ‘poor’ if the AQI value is between 200 and 299; ‘very poor’ if it is between 300-400; and ‘severe’ if the reading crosses 400.

Also, the AQI value reflects the extent of the presence of PM 2.5 pollutants suspended in the air.

Notably, data from all districts across the country is uploaded on the CPCB’s website at 4pm every day and on Saturday, the AQI of Muzaffarnagar was recorded at 309, which still is in the ‘poor category but due to mild wind movement, the air quality was a tad better.

Desi’ cow has come to factor prominently in the final blueprint for working ofUttar Pradesh‘s first everNatural Farming Board, proposed to be headed by CMYogi Adityanath.

According to a draft document of theAgriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department, farmers not possessing a ‘desi’ cow will be provided one with the support of the state animal husbandry department.

The board will lay special emphasis on convergence of various schemes crucial for efficient execution of natural farming. While the CM will be the chairman of the governing body of the board, the agriculture minister will be its vice-chairman with ministers from the other related departments as members.

A total of1,347 people died of electrocution in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in 2020 an Average of over 7 deaths in 48 hours after coming in contact with naked live wires, according to the latest data released on October 28 by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The number of such deaths increased by over 136% in the last six years, if data provided by the state directorate for electrical safety is also taken into account.

According to the state directorate for electrical safety data, accessed by TOI, a total of 570 people had died of electrocution in 2012-13. The number of such deaths increased to 611 in 2013-14, 629 in 2014-15 and 1,116 in 2018-19.

Of the 1,347 deaths in UP in 2020 (as per the NCRB data), there were 1,179 males and 168 females, and 50 people suffered burn injuries in 1,338 incidents of electrocution in the state in 2020.

The NCRB data further says that in all the 28 states and eight union territories, 13,466 people died in 2020 due to electrocution, 147 more than the deaths in 2019. This means that on an average, over 36 people died every day after coming in contact with a live wire. Madhya Pradesh (MP) tops the list with 2,412 (2,333 in 2019) electrocution deaths followed by Maharasthra with 1,499 (1,599 in 2019) for the corresponding period. After UP, Rajasthan is fourth in the list with 1,269 electrocution deaths (1,221 in 2019).