Lucknow, 07 April: The cabinet of Uttar Pradesh government has approved a monthly increase of โน 10,000 each in the honorarium of Shiksha Mitras and instructors working in the Basic Education Department. This increased honorarium will be given from this month of April.
The government has also approved a total of 22 important proposals including the proposal regarding eligibility for Indian citizenship for more than 12 thousand families displaced since the partition in Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Rampur and Bijnor.
A cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lok Bhawan on Tuesday.
Following the cabinet meeting, State Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna, Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh, Minister of State for Basic Education (Independent Charge) Sandeep Singh, and Forest Minister Arun Saxena briefed journalists on the cabinet decisions at the Lok Bhavan media center.
Minister Khanna stated that the Uttar Pradesh government will purchase 2.5 million smart tablets, which have received cabinet approval. These tablets will be distributed free of charge to students studying in Uttar Pradesh, mostly final-year students. Previously, 6 million smart phones and tablets have been purchased. He stated that eight proposals from the Industrial Development Department were presented to the cabinet. All proposals have been approved. All eight proposals involve investment. These include the establishment of a solar plant on 100 acres in Bundelkhand, a water plant in Prayagraj with an investment of โน231 crore, and a solar cell manufacturing unit.
The minister also apprised that the cabinet also approved a proposal regarding eligibility for Indian citizenship for families displaced during the India-Pakistan partition in Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Rampur, and Bijnor districts. These include 2,350 families in Lakhimpur Kheri, 4,000 families in Pilibhit, 3,856 families in 18 villages in Bijnor, and 2,174 families in 16 villages in Rampur.
In a press conference, Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh stated that three proposals from the Transport Department have been approved. This includes the proposal for 49 new bus stands on the PPP model. In the first phase, LYs for 23 bus stands were issued. Today, 49 bus stands have been approved, covering a total of 52 districts. The Transport Minister stated that these PPP-model bus stands will be airport-like, with airport-style amenities. In Hathras district, two hectares of Agriculture Department land in Sikandrarao town has been approved for a free bus stand. Similarly, a proposal to provide Irrigation Department land for a bus stand in Dibai, Bulandshahr district, has been approved. Approval was given to give PWD land for construction of bus stand in Tulsipur of Balrampur district.
Sandeep Singh, Minister of State for Basic Education (Independent Charge), stated that two proposals from the Basic Education Department have been approved. The honorarium of all part-time instructors and Shiksha Mitras has been increased by 8,000 rupees per month. The honorarium of Shiksha Mitras will now be 18,000 rupees.
He stated that 142,929 Shiksha Mitras are working in Uttar Pradesh. The central government’s honorarium has been increased for 129,332 Shiksha Mitras. The state government will also bear the additional expenditure of around 30,000 rupees for Shiksha Mitras. This increase will be effective April 1. The increased honorarium for part-time instructors working in the state’s upper primary schools will also be implemented April 1. A maximum of 24,716 instructors are employed in 13,769 schools in the state. Instructors were previously receiving 9,000 rupees per month. Now, they will receive 17,000 rupees per month.