Shahjahanpur made a municipal corpn, UPPSC exam rules amended

LUCKNOW:The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday made modifications in the methodology and syllabus of combined inter-state/ select subordinate services (main) exams conducted by UP Public Service Commission (UPPSC) and declared Shahjahanpur the 17th municipal corporation of the state.

Announcing the formation of Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation, government spokesperson and cabinet minister Srikant Sharma said its boundaries would now include nagar panchayat Rauja and 14 frontline revenue villages. The decision would help in all-round planned development of Shahjahanpur, said Sharma and added that it would also help in getting more revenue/money and ensure help strengthen infrastructure and basic civic amenities in the city. This is the third new municipal corporation announced by the Yogi Adityanath government after it upgraded Hindu pilgrimage centres of Mathura-Vrindavan and Ayodhya-Faizabad as municipal corporations on May 9, 2017. To ensure better publicity and create awareness about various government welfare schemes and projects, Sharma said henceforth, there would be live streaming of all programmes of chief minister Yogi Adityanath and government on social media and channels.

“The cabinet has also approved changes in the syllabus and examination methodology of the combined select subordinate service (main) exam conducted by the UPPSC,” he said adding that there would be four question papers in place of 2 earlier of two hundred points. Alternative subjects will now also include medical science, he said.

Giving details of the changes made in the methodology and marks of the exams, the minister

said the main test would be of 1600 points instead of 1700 points. “Now the interview will be of 100 points in place of 200, but the written

test will be of 1500 points like before. Against two optional subjects, the candidate will now have to choose just one,” he said.

A proposal to demolish the old pharmacy hostel located on the state medical college campus in Allahabad to build a children’s hospital was also cleared by the state government.

To put a check on the population of stray cattle following a high court verdict, the government has decided to abolish the levy on sterilization. “The government will carry out their sterilization free-of-charge to reduce the number of stray animals and the damage they cause to crops. The step will also improve their breed,” the minister said.

Other decisions related to providing market development assistance to Khadi, special grant for seeds to increase cultivation of kharif crop in Bundelkhand region and extending the service tenure of the director of the post graduate super specialty children’s hospital and educational institute of Noida till the age of 70 years or maximum 5 years of service.