The state Cabinet on Monday approved sops for Anganwadi workers and policemen besides making necessary amendment to the Right to Education Act. Amongst 16 decisions taken by the government, it also cleared several decisions like acquiring lands for setting up ‘Defence Corridor’.
Briefing media persons about the major decisions taken at the Cabinet meeting headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday, government spokesman Shreekant Sharma said that on basis of the performance of Anganwadi workers, the government decided to give them some more incentives. He said that Rs 500 per month would be given to Anganwadi workers and Rs 200 to their subordinates. The decision is likely to benefit about 3.75 lakh Anganwadi workers in the state.
Similarly for UP police, the Cabinet raised the new uniform allowance for constables and head constables from Rs 2,250 to Rs 3,000, while other lower-rung cops would not get Rs 2,000 instead of Rs 1,500. Similarly, the cycle allowance which is Rs 100 per month will be now doubled to Rs 200. Sharma added that the Cabinet also made necessary changes in the third amendment to the Right to Education Act 2011. Now the names of all children aged between 6 and 14, who were not attending classes regularly for 45 days, will be deemed to be out of school. He said that small children would be getting hot and fresh meals in Anganwadi centres for which the government sanctioned Rs 505 crore. They also re-introduced Sable Kishore Scheme under which girls aged between 11 and 14 not going to schools would be given nutritious diet at least for 300 days in a year. For mid-day meal, Akshay Patra will do the job in Gorakhpur in which government will assist in building the kitchen. Sharma said that to improve the standard of education, now on basis of performance of students, they would do grading of institutions too. The grading will be done in February every year.
The government also made necessary changes in the government order of August 2016 for closure of cotton mills of UP Cooperative Cotton Mills Union, and now they will revive the sick units. A compensation of Rs 10 lakh will be given to family members of those died during cleaning of sewage or septic tank.
For creating ‘Defence Corridor’, the Cabinet identified 5125.348 hectares of land spread in Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Jalaun, Aligarh, Agra and Kanpur. The District Magistrates will adopt the land acquisition policy to acquire the land. To maintain high quality for the corridor regarding purchase of machinery at competitive prices, the Cabinet also formed ‘Centre of Excellence’ engaging IIT-Kanpur and BHU. To monitor the timely creation of Defence Corridor, the government also formed a committee headed by Chief Secretary Anoop Chandra Pandey. For dairy development in the Bundelkhand area, the Cabinet decided to take just Rs 100 for providing high quality semen which would also facilitate 90 per cent birth of cows. The Cabinet also cleared the bid of Ms Power Girl Corporation of India Limited for the generation of power in Jawarpur power plant and for 400 KV sub-station in Ferozabad. Similarly, Ms Adani Transmission Limited has been given approval for generating power in Obra C power plant and for 400 KV sub-station in Badaun.