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UP govt set to launch Ganga Expressway project, to cost Rs 30,000 crore

In the backdrop of the large influx of migrants from other states, the state is expecting these mega projects to create local level jobs

UP bans Covid patients from keeping mobile phones inside isolation wards

As per the orders, two mobile phones are required to made available with the ward in-charge of the Covid care centres so that patients and talk to their family members and administration if required

UP to launch dedicated job portal for returning migrant labourers

Portal to help companies/agencies hire skilled labour; So far, more than 2.1 mn workers have returned by trains and roadways buses

UP Police cracks down on fake news amid Covid-19 crisis, lodges 40 FIRs

After the lockdown was announced in March 2020, the Adityanath government had warned of tough action against fake news and agai8nst those uploading inflammatory material on social media sites

Labour Ministry to object to states' Ordinance plan on labour laws

UP, Gujarat govts are seeking to suspend major labour laws via this route; ministry firming up its response

UP to boost covid-19 testing as migrant influx hits 2-million mark

The daily testing capacity, including pool testing, has now touched 7,000 samples, and the state is aiming to raise it to 10,000 in the days to come

Covid-19: 37 category 1 containment zones, 26 in category 2 in UP's Noida

The number of coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 4926 with 2918 cured/migrated/discharged and 123 deaths

CM Yogi Adityanath launches 'UP Start-up Fund', to be managed by SIDBI

The fund has been set up under the UP Information Technology and Start-up Policy 2017

UP arranges for 1,000 special trains as migrants arrive in droves

Some 150,000-200,000 migrants are returning to the state daily

Will remain at Agra border with buses until UP govt allows to move: Cong

UP Police said that the buses deployed by the Congress party did not have any permit which is required amid the lockdown for inter-state movement

Credit line for street vendors may've few takers; half of 10 mn not covered

A majority of street vendors, due to closure of their business, do not have the liquidity to pay back a loan.

As millions of migrants return, will it be a boon or bane for home states?

Govts looking to turn labourers' return into an opportunity, but might have to rely on rural job guarantee scheme in near term

German footwear maker to shift production to Uttar Pradesh from China

A new manufacturing unit will be set up with a production capacity of over three million pairs in Uttar Pradesh through a collaboration with Iatric Industries Pvt Ltd

Delhi to Andhra, states take slow and steady steps to exit lockdown

Delhi implemented most of the demands made to the Centre in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 May.

UP govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi proposal to run 1,000 buses for migrants

The UP government said the influx of migrants from the Congress ruled states like Rajasthan and Punjab was happening without proper arrangement and screening

Why rejig in labour laws will not help and holistic reforms are essential

Radhicka Kapoor, senior fellow at Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, said the government has to create policies for boosting demand

UP govt to pay Rs 26 crore to Railways for plying Shramik special trains

So far, 522 trains have ferried 665,000 labourers to UP

Congress offers to ply 1,000 buses for stranded migrants returning to UP

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra writes to Adityanath

UP to make sectoral plans to leverage Rs 20 trn Covid-19 package

Plans will cover farmers, MSME, street vendors, among others; state seeks to attain self-reliance on the basis of these plans to be drafted under the aegis of central package announced by PM Modi

UP govt withdraws order increasing daily working hours to 12 from 8

The UP government's Ordinance, however, proposes increase in working hours from 8 to 10 hours a day