Uttar Pradesh government said in the state Assembly it has plans to regularize the services

With an aim to strengthen basic education the Uttar Pradesh government said in the state Assembly it has plans to regularize the services of all the 1.06 lakh shiksha mitras by the end of this financial year.

The announcement was made by minister of state for primary education Yogesh Pratap Singh on a question of BJP member Suresh Kumar Khanna here on Tuesday.The minister said that 52,000 shiksha Mitras have been elevated as permanent teacher after training and another 52,000 were getting training and would get posting by December next. The remaining Shiksha Mitras would be posted by the end of this financial year.

Singh said besides these 1.06 lakh teachers, the state government has appointed 72,000 primary teachers and 14,000 more would be appointed

soon.

Refuting the allegation that several primary schools in the state have been closed down due to absence of teachers, he said that presently there are 333790 teachers in the primary section in the state along with 106403 siksha mitras. Spinning Mills: The Government said that nine spinning mills of the

state-run Cooperative Societies would be handed over to private players soon. While replying to a question on the closed spinning mills in the state by JP member laxmikant Bajpai UP Dairy development minister Ram MUrti Verma said that these spinning mills are situated at Maghar, Nagina, Bulandshahr, Bahadurganj, Kampil, Amroha, Baheri, Fatehpur and Mauaima. 

He said an order for re-start of these mills with private participated has been isused on November 12 last. The bid for these mills is being prepared by State Bank of India (SBI) and will be awarded to the private companies on the basis of user charges.  Meanwhle,  in another question, Minister of state for health Shankh lal Manjhi said that against the target of  26.57 lakh institutional delivery during 2014-15, the state has achieved 12.88 lakh deliveries till October last.

House adjourned sine die: The five day long winter session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly was  adjourned sine die. Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey announced that the business advisory committee of the House has decided to adjourn the House. During the brief session, the government passed the supplementary budget to the tune of over Rs 14,000 crores and approved several bills.