The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved a Transfer Policy for 2016-17 and the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme besides taking a total of 26 important decisions at a meeting on Wednesday.
The setting up of a new Paediatric hospital in lucknow, assent for the longest `Bicycle Highway’ between Agra to Etawah, developing Kaiserbagh bus station in lucknow as a model station and creation of four new tehsils were among the other important decisions reached at.
The new Transfer Policy adopted by the state government this year will allow departmental heads to transfer employees. Earlier, only Principal Secretaries were allowed to transfer 10 per cent of the employees while the minister retained the power to recommend transfers.
Creation of four new tehsils - Haseran (Kannauj), Naugarh (Chandauli) and Amariya and Kalinagar (Pilibhit) got the nod of the cabinet.
A new 200-bed Paediatric hospital would be set up in Gomti Nagar area of lucknow. It will be equipped with modern equipment and will one of the best medical facilities for children in India.
The government also approved the longest bi-cycle highway of 197.58 kilometres between Agra and lion Safari in Etawah. The path will be 2.5 meters broad and would be fitted with solar lights which will glow automatically after sunset. Shades would be erected all along so that cyclists do not face problems during the summers.
A new ultra modern state-of-the-art model bus station would come up at the Kaiserbagh bus station in lucknow.
"The Kaiserbagh bus station project was delayed due to denial of financial assistance by banks. But now the
government will provide the entire funds for the project," Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav told media persons after the the cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning.
The government also gave its assent for a 25 per cent hike in the allowances of Secretariat employees besides providing them the facility of CUG mobile numbers.
The cabinet also approved a 'Revolving Fund Help Scheme' to improve sale centres of `Khadi’. A budget of Rs 50 lakh has been allocated for the scheme. Government also amended provisions under Motor Vehicle Act to allot VVIP registration numbers. Unlike a fixed price charged for such numbers earlier, now the numbers will be allotted through an auction to generate more revenue.