Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI/Mediawire): The milk producer organizations pay about Rs 27,500 crore to milk producers in a decade. The Chairman of National Dairy Development Board Meenesh Shah today said that the milk procurement by milk producing organizations, owned by farmers, is set to triple to reach a value of over Rs 18,000 crores from Rs 5575 crores now, with daily volumes going up to over 100 lakh litres.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] August 11 (ANI): A boat carrying 30 to 40 people capsized in the Banda district on Thursday following which Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed the administration to launch a rescue operation.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that he has realized a big conspiracy was made to sabotage the state's security.

Lucknow Apr 26 PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday suspended an official for dereliction of duty days after removing him from the post of director of secondary education following a class 12 English question paper leakVinay Pandey was removed as director of secondary education on April 21 and was posted as the director of literacy alternative education Urdu and oriental languagesA tweet by the chief ministers office read Another strict action by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Ji over negligence in the discharge of official duties The then Director of Education secondary suspended He has ordered the suspension of the then director of education secondary who was found prima facie guilty of not discharging official duties properly negligence and indifference towards government works and non-compliance of government-level instructions it addedThe exam of the Uttar Pradesh secondary school board was cancelled in 24 districts after the question paper was leaked in Ballia last month Adityanath had ordered invoking the stringent National Security Act in the caseThe cancelled examination was held again on April 13 PTI SAB NSD NSD

Lucknow Apr 25 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered for removal of illegal loudspeakers from religious places in the state a senior official said on Monday The move comes days after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths directive for restricting the volume of loudspeakers at religious places in order to avoid trouble to people living nearby The order to remove illegal loudspeakers from religious places in the state was issued on Saturday A compliance report from the districts in this regard has been sought by April 30 Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi told PTI The police have been directed to establish conversations with the religious leaders and ensure the removal of the unauthorised loudspeakers by co-ordinating with them said Awasthi Additional Director General of Police law and order Prashant Kumar on Monday said that so far 125 loudspeakers have been brought down and around 17000 people have themselves reduced the volume of such devices Last week Chief Minister Adityanath had directed that no religious procession should be taken out without permission and that usage of loudspeakers should not inconvenience others With Eid and Akshaya Tritiya likely to fall on the same day next month and several other festivals lined up in the coming days Adityanath said the police need to be extra cautious During a review meeting on law and order with senior officials here last week he said everyone has the freedom to follow hisher method of worship according to hisher religious ideologyAlthough microphones can be used make sure the sound does not come out of any premises Other people should not face any problem he had said adding that no permission should be given to install loudspeakers at new sites Meanwhile speaking about the security arrangements for Eid the ADG law and order said that alvida namaz offering prayers on last Friday of Ramzan will be held at 31000 places in the state Special arrangements have been made for sensitive districts and additional forces including the PAC and central armed paramilitary forces have been deployed he said adding that meetings of the peace committees have also been held PTI NAV KVK KVK

Lucknow Apr 20 PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed officials to take strict action against illegal occupants of any land be it government or private without discrimination During the presentation of an action plan by the department of rural development before the council of ministers here Adityanath said Whether the land is owned by the government or a private entity the strictest action should be taken against illegal occupants without discrimination Stressing that an encroachment of land is a factor of big disputes in the villages he said illegal encroachments should be investigated and action should be taken The chief minister directed that block development officers tehsildars and sub-divisional magistrates should stay at their places of postings It is fine if there is a government residence otherwise arrange for rented accommodation he said Stressing on making the tehsil administration responsible transparent and corruption free Adityanath said a separate portal should be developed for receiving complaints of corruption Under this a panel of 50 officers should be formed to investigate complaints of corruption he said adding that arrangements should be made for online filing of suits The chief minister also directed that efforts should be initiated to cover 13 lakh families under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Rural and 15 lakh families under Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana Rural in the direction of providing houses to every homeless person In the financial years 2020-21 and 2021-22 Uttar Pradesh has ranked first in the country in providing employment to the maximum number of families he claimed The chief minister directed that the work of setting up two hi-tech nurseries in every district should be ensured through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ActMGNREGA with one nursery producing 15 lakh saplingsBefore the monsoon de-silting of the drains should be ensured and arrangement for rainwater harvesting should also be made in the villages he said In the next hundred days rivers should be revived under MGNREGA and plantation should be done as per requirement Adityanath saidThe chief minister asked the officials to work with the goal of constructing 15000 sports grounds and rejuvenating 30000 ponds in the next two years PTI SAB KVK KVK

Lucknow Mar 30 PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asked senior state officials to fix the accountability of employees and said the delay in the delivery of services wont be tolerated The CM ordered that all heads of departments should make surprise inspections to check cleanliness in office files pending for disposal attendance of staff and their punctuality an officials statement said here With good governance being an important narrative in the just-concluded Assembly elections Adityanath at the very outset of his new term stressed on expeditious delivery of services Considering the fact that physical classes are not taking place in schools across the state for the past two years Adityanath instructed officials to launch a comprehensive School Chalo Abhiyan He said the campaign must be planned in consultation with the minister concerned to ensure not a single child is deprived of school The CM asked officials to ensure that children come to school in proper uniform considering that the money for uniforms was deposited in bank account of their parents Regarding wheat procurement which is scheduled to begin from April 1 the CM asked officials to ensure all facilities are made available to farmers at procurement centres Farmers must also get the benefit of the minimum support price he told officials adding they should make arrangements for the storage of procured wheat and prevent waste Adityanath ordered to make arrangements to prevent damage to wheat crop by accidental fires and provide relief to even those farmers not covered under the Crop Insurance Scheme To give a boost to investment in the state the CM told officials to provide incentives to industrial units investing in UP In the wake of hot weather the CM asked officials to make arrangements of potable water in all 75 districts of the state PTI CDN SNS RDK

Lucknow Mar 26 PTI A day after taking oath as Uttar Pradeshs chief minister for a second consecutive term Yogi Adityanath on Saturday vowed to further strengthen the good governance in the state by competing with his own governments performance during his first term In a high-level meeting at Yojna Bhawan here Chief Minister Adityanath asked officials to identify ten priority sectors and work aggressively in those sectors to make the states economy worth one trillion US dollars Adityanath set the goals while also prioritising the work of filling vacancies in various government departments and setting up a mechanism of weekly review of various departments work by the state chief secretary and a fortnightly review by himself To strengthen the good governance further our competition will start with ourselves and the establishment of good governance will have to be taken forward with more vigour an official statement quoted the chief minister as telling the states top officials in a high-level meeting on Saturday The meeting at Yojna Bhawan was attended by the chief secretary the Revenue Council chairman the Agriculture Production commissioner additional chief secretaries besides the principal secretaries and secretaries Asking officials to further improve the good governance in the state Adityanath said A new Uttar Pradesh of new India is taking shape on the ideas of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this work should be expedited In the first term our challenge was to tackle malpractices in governance but in the last five years good governance has been established and in the next five years we will try to improve upon the work done in the previous term he added Referring to the BJPs Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra election manifesto before the assembly elections Adityanath asked all officials to work in a coordinated manner to fulfil all the poll promises in a time-bound manner within five years He asked officials of every department to fix targets for 100 days six months and a year Emphasising his old resolve of zero-tolerance against corruption the chief minister said it should be effectively continued and technology should be extensively incorporated to make the government schemes more accessible to the common man The chief minister also sought the implementation of e-office aimed at enforcing punctuality and expeditious work culture in government offices He also sought improvement in the functioning of the Panchayati Raj institutions and village secretariats by the deployment of Panchayat assistants there He said village chaupals should be organised regularly by village-level revenue officials and those of the Panchayati Raj institutions and Rural Development Department in coordination with village heads to address the problems of rural people In a bid to further enforce the official responsibility and accountability the chief minister asked officials to reply to the Union government letters within a week and interact with the public on regular basis He also asked them to keep his office posted on the peoples feedback on various work of the government PTI CDN RAX RAX

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 26 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government will provide employment opportunities to youth in the public sector, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 26 (ANI): A day after assuming office as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second consecutive term, Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed the officials to prepare an action plan for the next 100 days, six months and a year to fulfil the promises made by the party during polls and to help the state achieve USD 1 trillion economy.