{"id":328534,"date":"2025-03-03T12:07:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T06:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=328534"},"modified":"2025-03-03T12:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T06:37:47","slug":"provisions-for-infrastructure-improvement-in-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/provisions-for-infrastructure-improvement-in-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Provisions for Infrastructure Improvement in UP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What provisions have been made in the budget of Uttar Pradesh for 2023-24 to improve its infrastructure?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Approach: Introduce the answer by giving a background about the Budget 2023-24. In the body, mention the provisions for improvement of infrastructure in it. Conclude by highlighting the significance of this focus on infrastructure.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UP budget (2023-24)<\/strong> has identified <strong>improvement in infrastructure <\/strong>as key to <strong>overcoming the global economic slowdown<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provisions for infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>a) Construction and maintenance of <strong>roads and bridges<\/strong>; b) ~3500cr for development of<strong> agri-marketing infrastructure;<\/strong> c) <strong>broadening o<\/strong>f other key roads (State highways, industrial roads)<\/li>\n<li><strong>a) Jhansi Link Expressway<\/strong> and <strong>Chitrakoot Link Expressway<\/strong>; b) <strong>Gorakhpur industrial corridor<\/strong> along the Gorakhpur link expressway; c)<strong> International Film City in Noida<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>a) H<strong>ealth infrastructure under PM-ABHIM*<\/strong> (Health and Wellness Centres, CCUs, Integrated Health Labs); b) allocations under the \u201c<strong>One District One Medical College\u201d<\/strong> scheme and for<strong> Pharma Parks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>a) Irrigation <\/strong>facilities and <strong>flood control <\/strong>mechanisms (Middle Ganga canal Phase II, Saryu canal); b) <strong>re-construction of 569 dried up wells<\/strong> in dark zones; c) allocation over 25000cr under <strong>Jal Jeevan Mission<\/strong>; d) support for <strong>rural and urban housing<\/strong> and allocation under <strong>PMGSY<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>a) Transmission system<\/strong> for <strong>Green Energy Corridor II <\/strong>in Bundelkhand; b) launch of <strong>Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme <\/strong>for capacity expansion; c) allocation for operationalization of <strong>UP Solar Energy Policy-2022<\/strong> and <strong>UP Bio-Energy Policy-2022<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>a) <strong>Transport infrastructure<\/strong> in key cities (ropeway in Varanasi, metro in Agra and Kanpur); b) 3000cr allocated for <strong>Mukhyamantri Shehri Vistarikarna Yojana<\/strong>; c) allocation for <strong>Mahakumbh in 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>a) Drinking water, sewerage and sanitation<\/strong> facilities under AMRIT 2.0 and SBM 2.0; b) support for local bodies under the \u201c<strong>Aakanshi Nagar Yojana<\/strong>\u201d; c) 50cr grant to local bodies in <strong>culturally and religiously significant areas<\/strong> for basic infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>a) Establishment of <strong>State Data Centres and IT Parks<\/strong>; b) <strong>Operational Kayakalp<\/strong> to transform schools into \u2018<strong>Smart Schools<\/strong>\u2019; c) setting up of <strong>digital libraries<\/strong> at Panchayat and ward levels; d) <strong>Project Alankar<\/strong> for State secondary schools; e) grants for setting up <strong>new state universities<\/strong> (Moradabad, Devipatan).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Emphasis on infrastructure reflects the Government\u2019s commitment to t<strong>ransform UP into a modern and progressive state<\/strong>. (<strong><em>300 words<\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>*PM-ABHIM- Pradhan MAntri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What provisions have been made in the budget of Uttar Pradesh for 2023-24 to improve its infrastructure? Approach: Introduce the answer by giving a background about the Budget 2023-24. In the body, mention the provisions for improvement of infrastructure in it. Conclude by highlighting the significance of this focus on infrastructure. 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