In a decision which is sure to have a political ramifications, the Yogi government decided to disband Waqf Tribunal in Rampur and also announced that biometric attendance system would be introduced in the state Secretariat soon.
The state government also announced to give sops for export of rice for the next five years and several incentives for start-ups and other investments under the new UP Information Technology and Start-up Policy, 2017.
These decisions were taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in lucknow on Wednesday.
Briefing media persons, government spokesperson Siddharthnath Singh said that the government has decided to shift Wafq Tribunal of Rampur to lucknow and merge it with the lucknow unit.
“The government will draft a new law to revamp lucknow Waqf Tribunal with a fresh order that the appellate court will have a two-three member bench to decide on disputes.
“The government has also ordered that all the verdicts given by a single-judge bench since March 3, 2014, would be heard afresh by a two-judge bench and the cases would be disposed of within three months,” Singh said.
In another decision, the government decided to go for biometric attendance at state Secretariat in the first phase very soon. All employees and officers would be asked to register biometric attendance.
“The Chief Minister has always stressed on punctuality of employees. Many steps were taken previously. This biometric system will further help to maintain timely attendance of employees of the state Secretariat,” he said.
When asked whether this would also be applicable on ministers, Singh said that it was difficult to bring ministers under the administrative procedure as they were public servants and are supposed to attend public functions too.
The government also decided to provide several incentives to Start-ups under the new UP Information Technology and Startup Policy, 2017, for setting up an Electronic City in the state.
Incentives comprise waiver of stamp duty and other taxes. The government will give 100 per cent reimbursement for Start-up patent while campus selection of students from state institutions for Start-ups will also give certain incentives.
The government also increased the corpus fund for Start-ups from Rs100 crore to Rs1,000 crore. The government was also planning to introduce a new UP Electronics Manufacturing Policy on the lines the ones in Telengana and Andhra Pradesh.
In order to promote rice export from the state, a new scheme will be in place for the next five years under which exporters would be given several incentives.
In order to increase the fertility of agriculture land, the state government would provide subsidy to farmers to promote Vermicompost. A loacl would be selected in each village to set up a Vermicompost pit, which would be seven feet long, three feet wide and one foot deep, and they would get 75 per cent subsidy.
A new township would be established at Devaghat village of Allahabad district at a cost of Rs 395 crores which will house a judicial academy, administrative building, training centre, auditorium and residential units for judges and High Court employees.
In another decision, unused stamp papers could now be taken back by Deputy Commissioner (Stamps) within two years of the purchase date, by Commissioner (Stamps) upto four years of the purchase and by the state government for stamps purchased more than four years. However, unused stamps with purchase date more than eight years won’t be taken back.
The state government has also sanctioned Rs 5.25 crores to the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in lucknow to set up modular ICU and a ward for organ transplant at Shatabdi hospital of KGMU.