A day before Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav completes four years in office, his Government approved a policy for senior citizens under which government will set up old age homes and also announced increase in monthly pension by Rs 100,
The decision was approved in the cabinet meeting which was chaired by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav held here on Monday.
“New policy has been formulated under which old age homes and juvenile homes would be set up under one roof. The Government would provide land free of cost and the NGO would be asked to operate the same at no profit no loss basis,” a government spokesman said.
The new policy reserves 25 per cent seats in these old age homes for the BPl families. A tribunal would be set to hear the cases related to the atrocities against the senior citizen. All the police stations would also have a separate senior citizen register.
“Any offence against senior citizen, like throwing them out of their houses by children, would be punishable for up to three years of jail and Rs 10,000 fine,” the government spokesman said adding that schools and colleges would be asked to celebrate Dada-dadai and nana-nani diwas on regular basis.
The government has also decided to increase the monthly pension from existing Rs 400 to Rs 500. The policy will come into effect from April 1and the social welfare department has been made the nodal agency for this new policy.
In another policy Government announced free dialysis at district hospitals. The scheme will be operated with the help of private players under PPP model. Under this scheme 180 dialysis machines would be set up in select district hospitals.
The state cabinet has authorized Chief Minister to select the private player.
The government also approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Kanpur metro to the tune of Rs 17,000 crore. The DPR is prepared by RITES. The total length of the Kanpur metro would be 32 km divided in two corridors. It will have 31 stations – 19 of which will be elevated. Now the proposal would be sent to the Centre for approval.
The state cabinet has also approved Pradham Mantri Awaas Yojana under which houses will be made available to all by 2022. Under this scheme the centre would finance 60 per cent of the project while the rest would be shared by the state government. “list of all the 635 urban bodies have been sent to the Government of India for its approval,” the spokesman said.
Government has also taken a decision to construct Taj Orientation Centre and Shilpgram at the eastern gate of Taj Mahal. The cabinet has approved the DPR of Rs 23185.25 lakh. It may be recalled that the decision to set up new Shipgram was taken in August 2015. Similarly government has approved demolition of the structure of UP Animal Husbandry Department at CG City to facilitate construction of cancer institute.
The government has also decided to provide non-practicing allowances to the government veterinary doctors and gave approval to withdraw the agreement for giving air strips in Meerut, Moradabad and Faizabad to Airport Authority of India (AAI).
In another decision government has withdrawn ban on the appointment in the UPSRTC on compassionate grounds. This will help over 1200 families who had applied for job on compassionate grounds, spokesman said.
Government has also revised its PPP model as per the directives of the Union Government.