PM WEAVERS MUDRA SCHEME TO BENEFIT 5,000 WEAVERS IN STATE

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government has set a target of extending benefits of the PM Weavers Mudra Scheme to 5000 weavers in the state in this financial year, said an official.

The scheme aims at providing adequate and timely assistance from banks to weavers to meet their credit requirement.

“The Khadi and Village industries board will forward applications of weavers to banks for approval of loan. Every third week there will be review meeting to see the progress,” said Navneet Sehgal, additional chief secretary, Khadi and Village industries while presiding over virtual meeting on Tuesday.

Sehgal said to meet the target more applications must be forwarded to banks and added that officials have also been directed to renew the pending loan applications.

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday that the state government was working on a plan to make UP a trillion dollar economy and would work in coordination with the Invest India to push the state’s economy ahead.

He said the state government had worked out an action plan and asked officers to ensure coordination with Invest India’s action plan.

Yogi stated this after viewing a presentation made virtually by Invest India about making UP a trillion dollar economy. Uttar Pradesh had emerged as an attractive destination for investment, he said, adding the state government had done exemplary work in the past four and a half years.

The CM said this would help in attracting investors and bringing about capital investment in the state. The state government should workout short term and long term schemes for attracting investment, he said.

Minister for micro, small and medium enterprise Siddharth Nath Singh said UP was second in ease of doing business ranking and it was also the second biggest economy in terms of GSDP. CEO Invest India Deepak Bagla said Invest India was extending all possible cooperation in making UP a trillion dollar economy. He said Invest India was a non-profit organization working to boost investment.

It was working on projects worth Rs 37,000 crore in 37 sectors in the state and this would lead to creation of jobs on a large scale.

State govt should workout short and long term schemes for attracting investment

ANI BJP leader Uma Bharti visited former Uttar Pradesh CM Kalyan Singh in PGI, Lucknow on Wednesday, as his health remained critical .

SOURCED Rotary International president Shekhar Mehta met chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday and expressed the desire to work in UP in areas of education, medical and health, telemedicine, irrigation etc.