Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s native village Saifai gets another feather on its cap as Government has decided to upgrade Uttar Pradesh Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Saifai to a medical university besides it also raised the retirement age of doctors of medical colleges to 65 years. The medical University, second in UP, will be second feather for UP as a lion safari is proposed in Saifai.
The government also decided to set up a textile park in Farrukhabad and appoint 1,308 revenue inspectors in the state. The decisions were taken in the state cabinet meeting here on Wednesday which was chaired by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Government spokesman said that the cabinet has approved the proposal to upgrade UP Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Saifai to a medical university. A Bill would be tabled in the UP legislature during the coming budget session, spokesman said adding that the cabinet has approved the copy of the Bill.
The new medical university will give recognition and affiliation to government and private medical dental, para-medial, nursing and pharmacy colleges. The new university would go for advanced research and super specialty. Chief Minister would be the ex-officio chancellor of the Medical University. The cabinet has also approved transfer of all the assets of UPRIMSR, Saifai to the new medical university. This will be the second Medical University after KGMU in the state.
The state cabinet has also approved increase in the retirement age of the government doctors, appointed as faculty, in the medical colleges from the existing 60 years to 65 years. This decision is taken to cope with the shortage of teachers. The state government in the past had increased the retirement age of the teachers of KGMU, Dr Ram Manohar lohia Institute of Medical Sciences and UP Rural Institute of Science and Research, Saifai to 65 years but this benefit was denied to other teachers in state-run medical colleges.
“This cabinet decision will bring parity in the retirement age of the teachers,” the government spokesman said.
The government has also decided to set up a textile park in Farrukhabad to promote printing in textile industry. For this the government will provide land on market rate besides a Special Purpose Vehicle( SPV) on the name of Farrukhabad Textiles Park Pvt ltd would be set up. In other decisions the government has decided to create 1308 posts of revenue inspectors dovetailing 900 posts of lekhpal and 408 posts of Amin. The new cadre will have a pay band of Rs 5200 to Rs 20,200. Government will incur an additional burden of Rs 11.50 crore per year, the spokesman said.
The government also decided to set up a state agriculture college in Hardoi for which land has been identified. The cabinet has also approved the rule and regulation for UP State Food Security Commission. Government will now invite public suggestions and objections within 30 days of the publication of the notification.
The Commission will comprise of 5 members and a members secretary. It will be headed by a chairman to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of a selection committee. The selection committee will be headed by the Minister of Food and Supply as nominee of the Chief Minister while other members would be Principal Secretary of food department, Principal Secretary of law department and the Food Commissioner.