With the aim to improve the quality of education in technical institutions, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to operate select state polytechnics and industrial training institutes (it is) under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting held here on Monday.
As per the proposal, it has been decided to operate 15 state polytechnics and 16 state ITIs on the private participation model in the first phase.
As these institutions will be run with private participation, there will be no financial burden on the state government. “The selection of institutions will be through tenders,” a government official said here.
This decision will provide quality technical education to the students of the state. They will also get training as per industrial requirement. This will also reduce pressure on the state exchequer.
In another decision, the cabinet approved a proposal to transfer land to the Tourism department free of cost for the construction of a tourist facility in Nandgaon in Mathura district. The chief minister has been authorised by the council of ministers to take a decision in the case as required.
As per the proposal, 2.424 hectares of land in Nandgaon village of Mathura district will be transferred to the Tourism department to develop tourist facilities for the devotees and tourists coming to Nandgaon.
The state cabinet has also approved a proposal to repeal 36 state Acts (5 basic Acts and 31 amendment Acts) and introduce a new bill in the on-going state legislature.
A government official said that the majority of the Acts were archaic and were introduced in British raj or during the President’s rule. As these Acts are obsolete and unusable, the state cabinet has given approval to repeal them.
Since 2017, over 813 Acts have been repealed.
With an aim to bring uniformity in the Fire Services Act across India, the state cabinet has approved a proposal to bring Uttar Pradesh Fire Services and Emergency Service Ordinance, 2022. The proposal says that due to increasing industrial development, urbanisation, disaster and possible fire accidents, the current Uttar Pradesh Fire Service Act, 1944 (Uttar Pradesh Act No. 3/1944, dated 26.07.1944) and Uttar Pradesh Fire Prevention Act the Fire Safety Act, 2005 (Uttar Pradesh Act No. 5/2005, dated 17.03.2005) will not be able to meet future expectations.
Thus, it was thought prudent to bring changes in the present Fire Services Act.