UTTAR PRADESH

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).

More cities inUttar Pradeshare set to get an international shopping mall.
TheLulu Groupis plannig to expand its retail business in the state within the next three years. Senior executives of the company, which operates a chain of hypermarkets, announced on Saturday that the group has plans to open a shopping mall in Prayagraj and Varanasi with total investments of Rs 2,400 crore. After that, the group has plans to expand its operations in the retail space in UP by covering Kanpur andGorakhpur.

Lulu Group has already started work on setting up a Food Processing plant in Greater Noida.

To promote products manufactured by UP-based artisans and craftsman, an area will be demarcated on the ground floor of the mall. The group will showcase the patented ODOP products prominently.

Sources said PWD is contemplating renaming the road leading to Ramjanmabhoomi in Ayodhya where the Ram Temple is coming up as Kalyan Singh Marg.
The other five districts, too, have been strategically selected. Prayagraj is an important Hindu religious centre, while Lucknow is the state capital. Atrauli in Aligarh was Kalyans birthplace and he won nine UP assembly from the seat since 1967. He lost it only in 1980 to Anwar Khan of Congress. After leaving the BJP in 1999, he had formed Jan Kranti Party (Rashtrawadi) and won from Atrauli in 2002 assembly elections.

To ensure greater participation of people in Governance, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched MyGov-Meri Sarkar portal.

The portal will give citizens a platform to post comments and suggestions and directly communicate with the government on various policies and schemes. The website is an extension of the MyGov portal launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 26, 2014.

Governments announce schemes but there is no participation of people in drafting these schemes. In a Democracy, the government is of the people, for the people and by the people. This portal will help us ensure that the public is as much a part of as the government is, Yogi said, adding that not only would the people get benefits of various schemes through the portal, the government would also get their inputs and suggestions to ensure that every section of the Society receives benefits.

The Uttar Pradesh government has settled as many as 1,23,733 pending inheritance related cases in the state under the Varasat campaign since May 30 this year.

The Yogi Adityanath government launched Varasat campaign with the aim to end land and revenue disputes as well as cases of illegal occupation of land by land mafia.

The campaign, which will continue till July 31, seeks to settle inheritance related cases that have been pending with the Revenue department for several years, by getting the names of the legal inheritors of properties registered in khataunis (land records) to end disputes once and for all.

As per the directions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a special Varasat campaign is being run by the Revenue Board in all the gram sabhas of the state. It may be mentioned here that most of the cases related to land disputes are heard on Tehsil Day in every district of the state. The Police data also include a large number of land dispute cases. Therefore, the campaign also aims at curbing land conflicts and controlling highhanded behaviour of tehsil employees.

The Yogi government has also set the target of 100 per cent disposal of the pending cases of undisputed inheritance in the state during the campaign along with getting the names of the legal heirs registered in khatauni.

The Varasat campaign is proving to be a great initiative for legal successors of properties in getting physical rights in time, reducing unnecessary revenue disputes and illegal occupation of land by land mafia and anti-social Elements. It helps in maintaining law and order related to terrestrial rights.