The Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday approved corpus fund norms for UP Gau Sanraksha and Samvardhan Act, 2019 and changed the affiliation of colleges of Amethi district from Kanpur to Ayodhya. The decisions were taken at a Cabinet meeting held in Lucknow on Tuesday.
In one of its decisions, the government changed the affiliation of colleges in Amethi. Earlier, the colleges of Amethi were affiliated to Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University in Kanpur, 250 kilometers away.
State government spokesperson and Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh said that now, all the colleges in Amethi would be affiliated to Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University in Ayodhya, which is 90 kilometers from Amethi.
The government also approved norms of the corpus funds for setting up of cow shelter homes (gaushalas) and their maintenance.
“The funds will include private and corporate donations, funds from Centre and state governments, 2 per cent mandi tax, 0.5 per cent excise and 0.5 per cent toll taxes along with other funds approved by the government,” Singh said.
In another decision, the government amended Section 18 of Sugarcane Development Act by replacing ‘commission’ with ‘contribution’. “With the change of a word, the government will save income tax to the tune of Rs 167 crore annually,” the spokesperson said.
Singh said that the government also decided to provide 100 per cent subsidy for revival of Ramala Co-operative Sugar Mill. Earlier, 50 per cent of the loan was arranged from private financial institutions while the rest was state government subsidy.
“With the change in RBI guidelines, norms have been changed and now 100 per cent subsidy will be given by the state government,” the spokesperson said.
JEWAR AIRPORT
The government has decided to float global tenders for the construction of Noida International Greenfield Airport at Jewar in Greater Noida on May 31. “The global tenders will be issued on May 31 and bids will close in six months’ time. By January 2020, the contract will be awarded to the companies that win the bid,” Singh said.
The Cabinet also approved Rs 894.53 crore for rehabilitation and resettlement of people from whom land was acquired for the airport.
The airport will be constructed on a PPP model and 1,426 hectares of land will be required for this purpose. Of the total land, 1,200 hectares was the private land of six villages for which the fund of Rs 894.53 crore will be required.
Singh said that Central government gave the site clearance for the airport on July 6, 2017 and on October 5, 2017, the Home Ministry gave its NOC. On December 2017, Rs 1,800 crore were given by the state government for acquisition of land and on May 9, 2018, the Airport Authority of India gave in principle approval for construction of the airport.
The airport will be constructed in four phases. In the first phase, the first runway will be built and in the second, the second runway will come up.