The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday relaxed norms to provide Gram Sabha land on circle or market rate to new industrial investors in the state and announced to provide ultra filtered water to children of 14 districts affected by Japanese Encephalitis and AES. These decisions were taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogo Adityanathin lucknowon Wednesday.
Health minister Sidharthnath Singh told media persons that the government relaxed the norms for providing Gram Sabha land to private companies to set up industries on circle or market rate. As per land Acquisition Act of 2015, investor had to pay four time the market rate to set up unit on Gram Sabha land. “This relaxation will be limited up to Gram Sabha land and the decision would immediately benefit around 350 proposals of investment in the state,” he said.
In another decision to boost campaign to eradicate Japanese Encephalitis ( JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), clean drinking water would be provided to government primary schools. The scheme has been named as Mukhya Mantri Aroyga Peyajal scheme. “In the first phase, seven districts of Basti and Gorakhpur divisions, endemic to Encephalitis and seven districts of Bundelkhand would be taken up. In total, about 28041 primary schools would get 25 litre tank which will provide ultra filtered drinking water to children. The project would be run on a PPP model where private companies would be entrusted to run it for five years. The government will spend around Rs 71.50 crore for this scheme,” Singh said.
The government also amended the norms for tender for ambitious Poorwanchal Expressway by relaxing the NHAI rule.
“Now the company would get 36 months time to complete the project with cash incentives, if they do it earlier. Earlier, completion time was 30 months and any delay would have attracted penalty,” Singh said.
The government would bring a fresh tender for Poorwanchal Expressway after cancelling the first early this month due to high rate of 10.5 per cent.
The BJP government also decided to provide basic training programme to youths of Otehr Backward Castes like done for Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes. Now OBCs youth can avail training on certain trade like tailoring, barber, plumbing, carpenter, electrician and others. “This would be eight-month free-of-cost training and after its completion, the government would also assist trainees in getting loans to start their business,” Singh said.
The government also approved a hike in pension of loktrantrik Senani from Rs 15,000 per month to Rs 20,000 per month. From now on, spouses havealso been included and they would get the same benefit along with free travel in government buses and medical treatment at government hospitals. The government also amended the law to bring Dr RMl Institute of Medical Sciences at par with AIIMS. Governor would be the Chancellor and Chief Secretary will be its Chairman.
The government also decided to provide Rs 40 lakhs as GST on legislature Development Fund or Vidhayak Nidhi on Rs 2 crore allotment to each of the legislators in the state for developing their area.
The government has also approved Rs 738.61 crore for construction of 400 kVA transmission sub-station in Shamli to improve power supply in western UP. The cost also includes a transmission line from Aligarh to Shamli and construction of a sub-station. The cabinet also approved disbanding of Sonebhadra Power Generation Company ltd, a subsidiary of UP Power Corporation limited (UPPCl) as it was defunct since it came into existence in 2013.
The government changed the name of Mirzapur-Vindyanchal special area as Mirzapur-Vindyanchal Development Authority which will comprise of 68 villages and the city area of Mirzapur and Vindyachal. The government also approved to table CAG reports, section one and two, for 2016-17 in the next session of Assembly while two departments — Skill Development and Technical Education— gave their details of budget expenses for the 2017-18 fiscal.