THE Uttar Pradesh Cabinet met in the Maha Kumbh Mela area on Wednesday following which Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced several key decisions on development projects and policy changes aimed at boosting the State’s growth. Addressing the media, the Chief Minister highlighted the wide range of topics discussed at the meeting, including policy matters on incentives in aerospace and defence sectors, and infrastructure development and specific issues related to Prayagraj. He also announced construction of three new medical colleges in Baghpat, Hathras and Kasganj districts. One of the major announcements was related to the State’s aerospace and defence policies, which, he said, was initially implemented in 2018, has completed five years and will now be revamped. “The revised policy will include new incentives to attract large investments into the sector,” Adityanath said.

 

The Cabinet meeting comes on a day that also marked the first anniversary of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and ahead of the February 5 Milkipur by-poll. Adityanath said the Cabinet also discussed the distribution of incentives under the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Fortune 500 investments made in Uttar Pradesh. “New investment proposals were presented, and Letters of Intent (LOIs) will be issued. Among the key investments, a Rs 10,000 crore investment in Mirzapur and additional proposals in Moradabad were discussed. There are two more such projects,” he said.

 

UP CM, Ministers take dip at Sangam after Cabinet meet: UTTAR Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with his Cabinet on Wednesday took a dip in the Triveni Sangam during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela. The bathed around 2.15 pm after the Cabinet meet here to discuss policies. The Ministers also engaged in some light-hearted, celebratory moments of camaraderie in the sacred waters. CM Adityanath was surrounded by his Cabinet colleagues, who splashed water on him together as the entourage bathed amid high security. The Cabinet meeting and the holy dip comes on a day that marks the first anniversary of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.