Playgrounds will be set up in every village in the state. At present, there are about 30,000 playgrounds in the state, and a target has been set to double them to 60,000. Apart from this, financial assistance will also be made available to private sports academies.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 11 (ANI): Petrol pumps in Uttar Pradesh will act as promotional hubs and showcase destinations for the One District One Product (ODOP) items, according to an official statement released on Thursday.

Lucknow Mar 19 PTI Seating arrangements for 75000 people are being made at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium here for the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected BJP government on March 25 an official said on SaturdayChief minister-designate Yogi Adityanath and his cabinet ministers will take the oath of office at the ceremony that will take place at 4 pm on FridayAdditional Chief Secretary information Navneet Sehgal who on Saturday visited the stadium said the preparations for the swearing-in ceremony are being done under Chief Secretary D S MishraSeating arrangements for 75000 people are being made at the swearing-in ceremony The programme will be a grand and splendid one and preparations are already underway he saidOn Friday BJP sources had said that senior party leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah Defence Minister Rajnath Singh BJP national president J P Nadda and other central ministers will attend the eventBesides chief ministers of other BJP-ruled states RSS leaders and BJP office-bearers are expected to attend the function Top leaders of opposition parties will also be invited they had saidBefore the ceremony Adityanath will be elected as the leader of the legislature party the sources had saidThis will be the second consecutive term for AdityanathThe BJP won 255 seats in the 403-member assembly and its allies won 18 seats PTI ZIRNAV DIV DIV

Lucknow Jan 21 PTI Facing the daunting task of holding a Covid-safe election in Uttar Pradesh officials are working overtime to achieve the target of fully vaccinating at least 90 per cent of the eligible population before the first phase polling on February 10 The state election office intends to ensure 100 per cent inoculation of officials and security personnel to be deployed for the seven-phase polls in the state ending on March 7 The results will be declared on March 10 along with other four poll-bound states -- Punjab Uttrakhand Goa and Manipur Entrusted with the big responsibility Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath holds a review meeting on the coronavirus situation daily and gives necessary instructions on testing and vaccination We are aiming to ensure the eligible population gets at least one dose by January 25 Additional Chief Secretary Navneet Sehgal told PTI-Bhasha So far 63 per cent of the targeted population has received two doses of vaccine and the effort is to scale it up to at least 90 per cent by the time the state witnesses the first round of voting on February 10 said Sehgal who is also the nodal officer on COVID-19 in the state The officer said around 97 per cent of the 18-plus population has got their first dose of the vaccine by now On an average 25 lakh people are administered vaccine daily as part of a speed-up inoculation drive Adityanath has asked officials to increase it to 30 lakh a day Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla told PTI-Bhasha that more than 75 lakh officials would be deployed on poll duty and efforts are on to fully vaccinate them beforehand Immediately after declaration of the voting schedule all the district magistrates and superintendents of police were directed to ensure that those put on election duty are fully inoculated Shukla said No official will be put on election duty without them receiving both doses of jab Treated as frontline Covid workers they are also being given the additional precautionary dose of vaccine he said Those on poll duty would have to undergo thermal scanning before they set out for the work and if any health problem is spotted they would be taken off duty There would be sufficient arrangement of masks and sanitiser for them at the polling centres Shukla said The states poll panel head said all the polling booths would be totally sanitised beforehand and COVID-19 protocol would be adhered to strictly By January 8 around 8898 per cent of the population had received the first dose and 5271 per cent got both doses in Uttar Pradesh The state has since expedited the vaccination exercise and the number of inoculated population is increasing fast according to state health department sources According to the state governments latest statement 241 lakh COVID-19 testing was conducted in the last 24 hour out of which 16412 were found positive During the period 17600 infected people recovered Currently Uttar Pradesh has 95866 active cases More than 7052 lakh citizens in the 15-17 age bracket have been inoculated so far the statement said Over 50 per cent of the population in this new target group has been administered a dose PTI ZIR SNS SMN SMN

Owing to the investment friendly policies of the Yogi government, thr MSME sector of UP has gained the first position in the country. The medium, small and micro enterprise units have broken records in providing investment and employment in the state. In the last four and a half years, more than Rs five lakh crores […]

Lucknow Nov 28 PTI Uttar Pradesh has been picked as the most friendly state for film shooting at the 52nd International Film Festival of India held in Goa In a statement issued here on Sunday the state government said Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Goas Chief Minister Pramod Sawant handed over the award to Uttar Pradesh on the conclusion of the festival Additional Chief Secretary Information Navneet Sehgal received the award Sehgal on this occasion said that the Uttar Pradesh government under the guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is encouraging various activities related to film making in the state Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of the Noida International Airport and the state government is developing a film city spread over an area of 1000 acres in the vicinity of the airport In this Film City effort is being made to provide all facilities related to film making such as pre-production post-production and shooting under one roof An estimated investment of over Rs 10000 crore will be made in the Film City he said PTI NAV SMN SMN

Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 3 (ANI): As India is all set to celebrate Diwali with traditional fervour, preparations are in the final stage for the grand 'Deepotsav' (festival of lamps) organised by the Uttar Pradesh government at Ram ki Paidi ghats in Ayodhya.