Lucknow10 March. The UP Cabinet, which met on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, approved the Chief Minister Gram Parivahan Yojana-2026 to increase connectivity in rural areas of the state before the assembly elections. Under this scheme, 59,163 gram sabhas of the state will be connected with bus service. Apart from this, 30 other proposals have also been approved in the cabinet.
28 seater buses will be run in 12,200 villages in the first phase
In the first phase of Mukhyamantri Gram Parivahan Yojana-2026, 28 seater buses will be run in 12,200 villages where there was no bus service till now. Initially two buses will be run on each route. The bus service will be tax free and the private sector will also be allowed to operate in it.
Rural buses will be free from road tax
Transport Minister Daya Shankar Singh said that the reach of buses in rural areas will facilitate the government in developing villages like cities. This scheme is also being considered as a gift for the villages before the Panchayat elections and Assembly elections.
Bus timings also fixed
According to Dayashankar Singh, in the first phase of the scheme, a target has been set to connect 12,200 villages of the state with direct bus service. 28 seater small and medium buses will be run to these 12,220 villages. These buses will stop in villages only at night so that people of rural areas can get bus service early in the morning. These settlements will leave the villages and reach the district headquarters before 10 am. Then between 4 pm to 8 pm, these BSEs will again take rides from the cities and leave for the villages.
At least two trips of bus are mandatory in each marked village.
The rule has been made that it will be mandatory for the bus to visit each identified village at least twice. Dayashankar Singh said that to make this scheme practical, the government has kept it free from the obligation of tax and permits. No road tax will be collected from these buses. Rent will also be less.
Under the Rural Bus Service Scheme, the average age of buses has been fixed at 15 years while the operation contract will be for 10 years. Under the scheme, the bus service will be freed from permits, contracts and taxes for the first time. According to the government, there are about 5000 such villages where buses have never reached till now.
It is mandatory for aggregator platforms like Ola-Uber to register in the state.
Along with this, the Cabinet has approved the adoption of the rules of the Central Government in UP by amending the Motor Vehicle Act. According to Daya Shankar Singh, under this it will be mandatory for aggregator platforms like Ola-Uber to register in the state. Fitness check, medical test and police verification of drivers will also be made mandatory.
application fee 25 thousand and license fee fixed at Rs 5 lakh
The application fee for aggregator has been fixed at Rs 25 thousand and the license fee has been fixed at Rs 5 lakh. The license will be renewed every five years with a fee of Rs 5,000. The government will also develop its own transportation app, in which complete information of drivers will be available and their training will also be done.
Cost limit for urban housing up to 22 square meters increased
The Cabinet has increased the cost limit of a house up to 22 square meters under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 9 lakh. Now houses up to 30 square meters can be constructed. In this, assistance of Rs 1 lakh will be provided by the state government and Rs 1.5 lakh will be provided by the central government. In this sequence, the government has decided to repair and paint the vacant houses of Kanshiram Awas Yojana and give them to Dalit families.
Strict investment rules for employees
While amending the service rules of government employees, the Cabinet has made it mandatory that they will have to give information about investments more than six months’ basic salary and declare their immovable assets every year.
These proposals including sports complex in Ayodhya also approved
Apart from this, proposals like transferring 2500 square meter land to the Municipal Corporation for the sports complex in Ayodhya, implementing comprehensive urban planning in many districts, building a four-lane bridge for Kanpur Trans Ganga City and increasing the capacity of dairy plants of Banda and Jhansi in Bundelkhand region were also approved.
Teachers will get cashless treatment
The Cabinet of Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to change the medical reimbursement system, giving great relief to the teachers. Now teachers of non-government schools will also be given the facility of cashless treatment. Along with this, employees will also be included in this scheme, due to which a large number of beneficiaries will benefit.
Under the scheme, the premium cost per teacher will be approximately Rs 2479. More than 1.28 lakh teachers of the state are expected to get direct benefits from this system. For this, there will be an additional financial burden of about Rs 31.92 crore on the state government. Under this initiative of the government, private hospitals will also be linked to the scheme so that teachers and employees can get more options for treatment and they can get better health services on time.
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