A day before Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will present the budget for the next fiscal, the state cabinet approved setting up of kisan bazaar and extending entertainment tax relief for construction of Heritage hotels in the rural and urban areas. The cabinet met here on Monday also gave approval to the budget proposals. In its important decision, considered a step towards opening up its market, the government has decided to set up kisan mandis. To start with such mandis would be set up in lucknow, Mainpuri, Jhansi and Gorakhpur.
“These mandis will help the farmers to directly sell their produce to the consumers. There would not be any middleman involved. The cabinet has approved necessary amendments in the Mandi Act,” government sources said. In another decision government has decided to give cent per cent entertainment tax relief to the companies wants to set up heritage hotels in the rural and urban areas. “Only those proprietors would be extended this relief who give in writing that they would operate the business even after expiry of tax relief period. This mandatory time period is five years for urban areas and 10 years in rural areas,” he said.
The state cabinet has also approved Rs 854 crore for setting up of an international cancer hospital in CG City.. The hospital would be constructed at 100 acre land and government will bear the cost of construction, the source said. The Government has also decided to appoint M/S Ayesa Engineering Architecture and RV Associates Engineers and Construction Pvt ltd as authority engineer to supervise construction of Agra-lucknow Expressway.
These companies will be responsible for supervision of the construction of expressway as per the quality. The UPIEDA will bear the cost these companies. These companies will charge Rs 91.50 crore. In other decisions Government has approved widening of Allahabad-Gorakhpur road and also approved the proposal of Rs 50 crore grant from World Bank under Road safety Component. The government has also decided to carve out Mughalsarai as a separate Tehsil from Chandauli, in eastern UP.
The state cabinet has also approved government decision to set up solar lights in all the lohia villages of the state. The total cost of the project would be borne by the state government. “In case the state gets financial help from centre, the money would be deposited in the state exchequer,” the official said.