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  • Yogi government will spend 150 crores on the marriage of OBC women

    Yogi government will spend 150 crores on the marriage of OBC women

    Lucknow (IANS) | The Yogi Adityanath government will spend Rs 150 crore to get poor women from Other Backward Classes (OBC) married.

    An official spokesman said that the government has issued instructions to all the districts that non-compliance of the prescribed rules will be considered as an irregularity.

    He said that the state government is allocating funds and providing grants for the marriage of ‘OBC’ daughters.

    The grant is provided by the State Backward Classes Welfare Department on applications submitted by any such family belonging to backward classes. So far, the state government has provided a grant of Rs 771 crore to 3,85,514 beneficiaries under the marriage grant scheme.

    In the order issued by the department, it has been said that by the 10th of every month, the officers will have to inform the government about the amount spent under this head. Along with this, the approved amount will not be used for any other work under any circumstances and the remaining amount will have to be deposited in the treasury at the end of the financial year.

    According to the terms and conditions set by the department, the annual income of the applicant should be Rs 56,460 in urban areas and Rs 46,080 in rural areas.

    The age of the groom should be 21 years and the age of the bride should be 18 years in the application. Caste certificate has to be attached. Under the scheme, the benefit of marriage grant can be given to a maximum of two daughters of a family.

    Also, under the Chief Minister’s Group Marriage Scheme, grants are given by the Social Welfare Department for the marriage of daughters of economically weaker sections.

    The Social Welfare Department organizes mass marriages and spends Rs 51,000 on each marriage. Earlier this amount was Rs 35,000.

    So far more than 2.25 lakh women have been married under this scheme.

    –IANS

  • UP’s health services completely messed up: Akhilesh

    UP’s health services completely messed up: Akhilesh

    Lucknow (IANS) | Samajwadi Party national Akhilesh Yadav has said that “Health services in Uttar Pradesh are completely messed up. The condition of hospitals is very pathetic. There is gross negligence in the treatment of patients.”

    SP chief Akhilesh said in a statement on Saturday that “UP’s health system has completely collapsed. There are neither doctors nor medicines in the hospitals. Have to run away.”

    Akhilesh said that “Uttar Pradesh’s health minister started raids soon after assuming office, but now he too has become overwhelmed, because even the officials do not listen to him due to the reduction in the departmental budget.”

    He said that “Health services are bad in Prime Minister’s own Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi and Chief Minister’s home district Gorakhpur, so what can the people of the state expect from this government? Government hospitals themselves have become ill. Patients are being looted in the trap of touts.” “

    He said that “the video of Rae Bareli hospital washing potatoes with feet for the patients to eat has gone viral. The dirty vegetable made from this potato is served to the patients and the timardars. Such is the bad condition of the hospitals under the BJP rule. “

    The SP chief said that the best hospitals were built in Kannauj in the Samajwadi government, which would benefit the local people of Kannauj as well as the people of nearby districts, but the BJP government did not even provide doctors and medical facilities in the hospitals here. There is one doctor for 10,000 patients in the perfume city of Kannauj. Not even a single specialist doctor is posted. There is no eye doctor in 11 CHCs. The district hospital has only one female pathologist who is handling surgery as well as OPD. Local administrators do not feel the pain of pregnant women.

    He further said that “the truth is that UP’s health services have gone on ventilators.”

  • Yogi government will fill three and a half thousand vacant posts of prison department

    Yogi government will fill three and a half thousand vacant posts of prison department

    Lucknow (IANS) | The Government of Uttar Pradesh is preparing to fill the vacant posts in the Prison Administration and Reforms Department. Regarding this, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the Prison Administration and Reforms Department and the Home Department to prepare a blueprint for recruitment in a high-level meeting. In such a situation, soon a mandate can be issued to fill these posts. It may be known that at present more than three and a half thousand posts are vacant in the Prison Administration and Reforms Department. These posts are from Group A to D.

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a review meeting of the Prison Administration and Reforms Department with the Home Department in a high-level meeting. During this, the officials of the department informed him that at present a total of 3504 posts are vacant in the department. He informed that 156 Group A posts are sanctioned in the department, out of which 107 posts are vacant. Similarly, 738 posts of Group B are sanctioned, in which 326 posts are vacant. Whereas in Group C and D, 10543 and 682 posts are sanctioned respectively, out of which 2808 and 263 posts are vacant respectively. In such a situation, against the total sanctioned posts of 12119, at present personnel are posted on 8769 posts, while the remaining posts are vacant. Similarly, against 7815 posts of Jail Warder, 2068 posts are vacant, for which a letter has been written to Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board on behalf of the department. The recruitment process for these posts can start in May.

    And against 153 posts of Medical Officer, 36 posts are vacant. These posts are posted by the Medical and Health Department. In such a situation, the department has sent a letter to the health department. Along with this, 89 posts are vacant against 149 posts of Pharmacists, for which the Subordinate Services Selection Commission has been informed through a letter. Officials told Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that due to vacant posts, there is a problem in running the prisons smoothly. Along with this, according to the jail manual, there is a problem in providing facilities to the prisoners. On this, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had instructed the government to prepare a blueprint for vacant posts in the department and issue mandates to fill the vacant posts as per rules, on which action is underway at the government level. If the experts are to be believed, soon the mandate for the recruitment of these vacant posts can be issued.

    –IANS

  • Officers should listen to the public, action should be ensured: Chief Minister

    Officers should listen to the public, action should be ensured: Chief Minister

    Lucknow (IANS) | Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath listened to the problems of people coming from different parts of the state at his official residence on Wednesday and instructed the officials to solve them immediately. During this, he directed that the officers posted in the districts should listen seriously to the grievances of the people and ensure action on their complaints.

    People from different districts of the state apprised the Chief Minister about their problems in Janta Darshan. People from Rae Bareli, Unnao, Bahraich, Sitapur and many other districts were included in this. The CM also listened to his words with full seriousness and ordered the officers to take action.

    Many people who reached Janata Darshan appealed to the CM for government help regarding their treatment. CM Yogi also assured them for immediate relief. At the same time, there were some people who had reached with their complaint regarding the possession of the land. On this, CM Yogi gave instructions for immediate action. Similarly, on the complaint of criminal incidents, the CM instructed the District Magistrate to take the matter into cognizance and ensure action. Some people shared the problems related to the appointment with the CM, while some talked about their complaints not being heard by the officials in the districts. On this, CM Yogi said in a strict tone that the officers in all the districts should take the complaints of the people seriously and take immediate action. There were also some people who had come with complaints about loss of family members. The Chief Minister listened to everyone one by one. Assured all the people that do not get upset, effective action will be taken in every case.

    –IANS

  • People are fed up of BJP’s disorganization in cities: Akhilesh

    People are fed up of BJP’s disorganization in cities: Akhilesh

    Lucknow (IANS) | National President of Samajwadi Party, Akhilesh Yadav said, “People will defeat BJP by voting against rising inflation, unemployment, garbage piles, filth, increased house tax, water tax and increased electricity prices in municipal elections. plagued by chaos.”

    SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said in a statement issued here that “Due to lack of sanitation, the general public has been troubled by various diseases including dengue, typhoid in urban areas. The BJP is responsible for all these problems. This government has named smart cities.” But the people of the cities have been deceived.”

    Akhilesh said, “In the civic elections, the public will take account of all these from the BJP. The BJP government will have to answer for the inflation and the problems faced by the public.”

    He said that “BJP is taking away the rights and reservation of Dalits, backward. It is humiliating the Bahujan Samaj. This time the Bahujan Samaj is confident that the Samajwadi will unite all and fight the BJP and give a crushing defeat to the BJP. Democracy, Baba The Bahujan Samaj is uniting with the Samajwadi Party to save the Constitution and for its rights, respect and rights.”

    Akhilesh Yadav said that “Wheat was purchased cheaply from the farmers while people are getting expensive flour. Mustard oil, milk, gas, cylinders, everything has become expensive. There is a lot of chaos in the field of education, health, transport.”

    –IANS

  • Not a single child should be deprived of going to school and should not fall prey to communicable diseases: Chief Minister

    Not a single child should be deprived of going to school and should not fall prey to communicable diseases: Chief Minister

    Lucknow (IANS)| Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that no child should be deprived of going to school and no child should fall prey to any communicable disease. This is the responsibility of all of us. Children have to be brought to school, their guardians have to be prepared so that we can make literacy 100 percent within the state.

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was speaking on the occasion of the launch of School Chalo Abhiyan-2023 and Communicable Disease Control Campaign on Saturday. On this occasion, the Chief Minister provided free text books to the children of class one to eight. Along with this, report cards were also given to the students who passed in the proficient assessment. School Readiness and Teacher Guide was also released. Apart from this, Rani Laxmibai self-defense training program was also launched under Mission Shakti.

    On the occasion of the beginning of the new academic session, CM Yogi said that Uttar Pradesh has been the focal point of education and health since ancient times. But due to not preparing itself according to the time, at one time Uttar Pradesh was being identified for anarchy, hooliganism, riots, corruption and disorder. The steps taken by the state government during the last 6 years, today its results are being seen in every field. We started the School Chalo campaign on 1st July 2017 in Kukrail. This program was a complete success. I am happy that the number of enrollment of children which was one crore 34 lakh in July 2017 has increased to 1.92 crore today.

    Referring to the changes taking place in the field of education in the state, CM Yogi said that under Operation Kayakalp, public representatives, education department officials, administrative officers, police officers and former students together adopted one school each. In Operation Kayakalp, out of total 1.56 lakh schools, we have covered 1.36 lakh schools with basic facilities as well as smart classes and other facilities. The remaining 20,000 schools are left, which are being linked with these programs in this session. Now the Basic Education Council is adopting the syllabus of NCRT.

    He said that with the beginning of the School Chalo Abhiyan, it becomes our responsibility that every teacher, every headmaster should hold a meeting with all the dignitaries of the ward or gram panchayat in which the school is located, and seek their cooperation. Have a meeting with the parents. It would be good to go door-to-door and screen each house. Study the Gram Panchayat. There are people living in different social and economic conditions. Create a database of them. The school should have the report card of its Gram Panchayat. If possible, the Basic Education Council should prepare a portal for this and take this database from each school. It will also be a case study for a teacher at the local level. From this you will decide how many children are going to school and how many are deprived. Those who are deprived of going to school, for what reasons are they deprived. It should be our endeavor to ensure that the Aadhaar authentication is done at the same time. All District Magistrates should ensure that they prepare a nodal officer who, along with BSA, will take this program forward in every development block and every gram panchayat.

    On communicable diseases, CM Yogi said that Uttar Pradesh is a state of no climatic zone. Different diseases also occur in different areas. You will see that from Kushinagar, Gorakhpur to Terai of Nepal to Saharanpur, encephalitis used to swallow up thousands of children every year in this region. Children from one year to 15 years used to fall prey to it. There was an atmosphere of fear and panic in the minds of the people from July to November-December. Kala-azar used to spread in Varanasi and its surrounding areas. Malaria in Bareilly and surrounding areas, dengue havoc was seen till Lucknow-Kanpur-Mathura. Chikungunya was wreaking havoc in the region of Jhansi and Bundelkhand. The Health Department has run this program within the last 6 years, in which many departments participated. Communicable Disease Control was launched on April 1, 2018, exactly 5 years ago. Government of India and organizations like UNICEF, WHO contributed along with the departments of the state to take these programs to the masses. Today this model of Uttar Pradesh for communicable disease control has come in front of the whole country as a good result.

    Regarding the simultaneous launch of Communicable Disease Control Program and School Chalo Abhiyan, CM Yogi said that most of the children used to fall prey to these diseases. That is why this program of School Chalo Abhiyan and Communicable Disease Control has been organized together. The biggest role in this is cleanliness and pure drinking water. The role of teachers is also important in this. Their job is not limited to teaching the syllabus in the school but also have to interact with the parents.

    –IANS

  • Chief Constable made Uttarakhand Police proud by winning Gold Medal in Athletics Championship Lucknow

    Chief Constable made Uttarakhand Police proud by winning Gold Medal in Athletics Championship Lucknow

    Chief constable Rajesh Kumar, appointed in district Rudraprayag, representing Uttarakhand Police in the Indian Police Athletics Championship, Lucknow, has earned a gold medal by taking 29:30 seconds in the 10 km race. The time taken by him is the new record of this competition under 10 km race. Apart from this, he also earned gold medal in 5 km race by taking time of 14:23 seconds. The 02 gold medals earned by him in this competition have not only brought laurels to Rudraprayag district police but also Uttarakhand police. District Rudraprayag police family wishes them a bright future by sending best wishes to them.

  • India Post turbocharges the export game of small businesses in UP

    India Post turbocharges the export game of small businesses in UP

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Dak Niryat Kendras (DNK) set up by India Post in major cities across Uttar Pradesh are helping small businesses to export their products to markets abroad, helping them save money, and also obviating the need for middlemen.

    As of now, the facility is being provided by the India post in nine cities — Lucknow, Varanasi, Pilibhit, Allahabad, Noida, Saharanpur, Nagina, Mahoba, and Ghazipur.

    Meant for commercial exports by MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), the service has boosted the earnings of small businesses including the ones operating under the One District, One Product (ODOP) scheme of the Uttar Pradesh government.

    The DNK in Prayagraj and Varanasi — both located in economically backward Eastern Uttar Pradesh — have also received favourable response from local businesses.

    Ravindra Kumar, a third generation manufacturer of Kaleen carpets based in Prayagraj, was on the verge of quitting his ancestral trade and shut down his shop when his business was hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

    “In those days, the only option was to export our goods abroad, especially to the markets in America and Europe. But the cost of export via private exporters was high and the process cumbersome. The DNKs have resolved this problem for us,” he said.

    Kumar now books his carpets for commercial export at the local DNK.

    The carpets are then taken to the Foreign Post Office (FPO) of India Post in Delhi before being exported.

    During all this, Kumar is not required to visit any office and tracks the movement of his carpets online.

    India Post officials say that with the active involvement of Union Minister of Railways and Communication Ashwini Vaishnav, the DNK has become an empowering service for small businesses.

    Vivek Kumar Daksh, Postmaster General HQ Region, Lucknow said, “The foreign Post offices are linked with the Customs department which simplifies the process of custom clearance of goods. In case there is any issue with the customs, it is raised online for the businessman to track. Earlier, exporters had to visit Foreign Post Offices at limited FPOs to file PBE (Postal Bill of Export) which was difficult for people in remote locations. With digital solutions, exporters can file PBE online which saves time and cost,” he added.

    The system has also helped in removing the private exporters and customs agents who used to play the role of middlemen and who took a fat chunk from the profits of small businesses.

    Parvez Alam of Pratapgarh, who runs a small business of wooden toys and exports them with DNK, said, “After moving to DNKs from private exporters we save almost 30 per cent of our cost. We plan to use this money to expand our business.”

    Considering that most of the clients using DNK are small businesses with limited technological knowhow, the postal department has deployed trained Dak Niryat Sahayaks to guide artisans and MSMEs exporters on the use of DNK portal.

    “These Dak Niryat Sahayaks also provide information about the process of GST registration, generation of Import-Export Code, listing products including ODOP/GI tagged on e-commerce portals and booking etc,” said the officer.