The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a medical university after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that will control all medical and dental colleges in the state. Besides, the government also decided to bring a legislation to regulate school vehicles ferrying children.
These decisions besides some others were taken in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Briefing media persons, state government spokesperson and Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh said that a new state medical university named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee would regulate all medical and dental colleges in Uttar Pradesh.
He said a bill would be brought in the Winter Session of the legislature for setting up the new medical university.
The new university will control 27 government and 22 private medical colleges along with 17 dental colleges of Uttar Pradesh.
The government also approved a satellite campus of King George's Medical University (KGMU) in Balrampur district. In the first phase, a hospital and campus would be set up while in the second phase, a medical college would be established.
In another major decision, the government decided to amend the UP Motor Vehicles Act by including a new chapter, 9(A), to deal with vehicles used for ferrying students.
Singh said that several conditions would be enforced for granting permit to vehicles, including age limit, CCTV at school entry points and parking, provision of GPS and restriction on overloading.
In a move to provide level playing field for foreign companies for construction of Jewar international airport at Greater Noida, the state government deleted a clause giving weightage to Indian companies against foreign competitors. Now global players would be treated at par with Indian companies.
In another decision, the government amended the qualification clause of health workers or ANMs (auxiliary nurse midwife) and made it only intermediate from the present Intermediate (Science). Now training centres would be operated at state medical faculty and district hospitals also.
Besides, appointment of health workers will be done by Subordinate Selection Commission. Earlier it was done by the Health department.
The Yogi government also decided to go for reverse bidding process and a central organisation, MSTC, has been engaged for bidding and e-tendering to provide one kilogram of sugar to around 40 lakh Antyodaya beneficiaries in the state.
The Centre has directed the state to select companies for distributing sugar to Antyodaya card holders but only one company came forward for the bidding.
Solar energy: In order to promote green energy, the state government approved solar power generation and a tariff between Rs 3.02 and Rs 3.08 per unit for proposed 550 megawatt plants to be set up in UP.
The government spokesperson said that nine private developers would be selected for generation of 550 megawatt solar power which would be supplied to UP Power Corporation Limited.
Of the total approved solar power generation, 120 MW would be generated in Chitrakoot, 100 MW in Budaun, 85 MW in Kanpur, 70 MW in Mirzapur, 50 MW in Bareilly and 25 MW in Lucknow.
In order to boost religious tourism, the government has permitted chopper services at Agra, Mathura, Varanasi and Prayagraj where helipads would be constructed on government land.
The government also approved the setting up of a Special Planning Authority (SPA) for setting up an integrated industrial township on Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor at Greater Noida. The township would be set up on 747.5 acre land and the SPA would be represented by shareholders, Greater Noida Authority and District Magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida).
In another decision, the government amended molasses control rule for exporting it to other countries. Now companies will have to obtain permission from consulates concerned while a certificate from the end user would also be required for export approval from the state government.
The government also gave its nod for giving bank guarantee to UP Co-operative Bank to avail loans up to Rs 1,500 crore from NABARD.
The government also approved to give free land to set up a sericulture centre at Lucknow. Around 2.01 hectare land would be provided to set up the centre at a cost of around Rs 76.45 crore.
The government also approved Rs 202 crore for sewage construction in Firozabad Nagar Nigam area and Rs 353 crore for sewage construction in Agra western zone.