LUCKNOW: Outlining the achievements of his government over the past four years during a meeting of NITI Aayog’s governing council on Saturday, chief minister
Yogi Adityanath highlighted the fact that UP is the first state in the country to
vaccinate over 10 lakh people against Covid-19.
Elaborating on UP’s progress under NITI Aayog’s ‘Making India a Global Manufacturing Hub’ agenda, the CM said that the state has implemented more than 500 reforms under the Business Reform Action Plan and moved to the second position in the Ease of Doing Business Rankings.
“As a result of the state’s positive policies, proposals for investment of about Rs 45,000 crore have been received for 56 projects during the pandemic. Against MoUs of Rs 4.68 lakh crore signed at the UP Investors’ Summit in 2018, projects worth about Rs 3 lakh crore have been operationalized,” he said, adding that government jobs had been provided to more than 4 lakh youth since 2017.
On the agriculture sector, Yogi spoke about the increase in food production from 558 lakh tons in 2016-17 to 602 lakh tons in 2019-20. Under the
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, Rs 27,134 crore has been transferred to over 2.40 crore farmers, he said.
The CM also focussed on the infrastructure development in the state, mentioning the development of international airports at Jewar and Kushinagar. Five more international airports are being developed in Lucknow, Varanasi, Kushinagar, Gautam Budh Nagar, and
Ayodhya. “At present, seven airports are functional in Lucknow, Agra,Varanasi,
Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Hindon. Flights from Bareilly airport will commence from March 8, 2021. Airports in 10 other locations are in various stages of development,” he said.
Enumerating other works done by his government, Yogi said that more than 40 lakh houses have been constructed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana; 1.2 lakh primary teachers have been appointed; e-POS machines have been installed at ration shops which is expected to save the government Rs 1,200 crore each year; 259 services of 36 departments have been made online and 60,000 common service centres set up to provide online facilities to the rural population.
“In health and nutrition, serious diseases like meningitis are almost over in the state. More than 26 lakh citizens have benefited through the CM Aarogya Health Melas organised at primary health centers each Sunday. Government medical colleges and institutions are being constructed in 30 districts while an Ayush University is being set up to promote excellent research in yoga and naturopathy,” he said.