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Highlights of Uttar Pradesh budget 2015-16

February 25, 2015

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented Rs 3.02 lakh crore annual budget of state on 24 February 2015. In annual budget state government has given main thrust on agriculture, education, power, health, roads and infrastructure development. Key facts from ..

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Union Government approves various highway projects worth Rs 8,600 crore

February 20, 2015

Union Government has approved various highway projects in states of Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh worth over Rs 8,600 crore. The work for these approved road projects will be under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-V. This decision was ..

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Jawed Usmani takes oath as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of UP

February 17, 2015

Former IAS officer Jawed Usmani took oath as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Uttar Pradesh (UP). He was administered oath to office by Governor of UP Ram Naik at a function at Raj Bhawan in Lucknow. He was sworn-in to ..

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Journalist Vinod Mehta awarded Yash Bharti Samman by UP Government

February 9, 2015

Distinguished journalist Vinod Mehta has been conferred Yash Bharti Samman by Uttar Pradesh Government. Yash Bharti Samman is Uttar Pradesh’s highest civilian award. About Vinod Mehta Vinod Mehta was born in in Rawalpindi, in West-Punjab region of undivided India. He ..

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Union Government’s Sukanya Samridhi Yojna begins in Uttar Pradesh

February 8, 2015

Union Government’s Sukanya Samridhi Yojna under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign has begun in Jaunpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The first account under the scheme was opened in the name of a three-year old girl Vedika ..

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Jackal research and translocation project launched in Uttar Pradesh

February 2, 2015

Wildlife SOS in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh (UP) Forest Department and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is launching Jackal Research & Translocation Project in UP. Under this project, study and translocation of 30-35 wild jackals from Akbar’s Tomb in Sikandra, ..

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India, U.S. sign three MoUs on smart cities

January 25, 2015

India and United States (US) have signed three Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) on smart cities. These MoUs were signed by the representatives of United States Trade and Development Agency (USTAD) and the respective Chief Secretaries of State Governments of Uttar ..

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India funds Nepal’s Pancheshwar project to counter Kheri floods

January 25, 2015

India will provide fund of Rs 1500 crore to Nepal’s Pancheshwar multi-purpose project on Mahakali river for countering the Kheri floods in Uttar Pradesh. This move of Union government comes after a delegation of MPs visited Nepal and had submitted their ..

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