Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati's recent decisions

C.M. lends support to destitute Kandh Ram Lucknow : June 21, 2007
It was a different scene altogether at the gates of Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan this morning when the U.P. Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati arrived here. Suddenly a man, possibly mentally disturbed, raised slogan 'Mayawati Zindabad' to attract her attention. The C.M. showing sensitivity and not caring about her security stopped her convoy and lent a patient ear to hear his grievances. She directed the Lucknow D.M. to provide him food and better medical facilities. On the directives of the Chief Minister, the Dy. C.M.O. Dr. R. Banswal and Dr. Sunil Pandey and A.D.M.(East) of the district administration Mr. Anil Pathak checked his health. During the inquiry, it was disclosed that he was hungry and sick for past few days. He was a resident of Gandhi Nagar, Shiv Ka Purva, Utaraula, district Balrampur. His name was Kandh Ram and his financial condition was poor. The officers first provided him food and the doctors referred him to Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University Lucknow for treatment. On the directives of the C.M. proper medical attention was provided to him. The people present on the spot were highly impressed by the sensitivity shown by the Chief Minister and appreciated her very much. Kandh Ram, who is being treated at the medical college, said that Behanji knew the problems of the people and removed them as well. It may be recalled that the C.M. was coming to Annexe at 11 a.m. to attend cabinet meeting.

C.M. directs officers to ensure flawless and transparent system to hold CPMT in future Lucknow : June 20, 2007
The U.P. Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati has said that it should be ensured that no discrepancy took place while declaring the CPMT results, because the future of the students was directly linked with it. She has emphasised the need to develop such a system where no human or technical error occurred. She has directed the officers of the Medical Education Department to publish correct answers of the CPMT question papers while announcing the result so that the candidates could crosscheck their answers from the carbon copy of the O.M.R. answer book available with them. She has said that if the candidates still had any objection/complaint then they could apply for scrutiny to the Chairman CPMT-2007 within 8-days. The Chief Minister said that a transparent and error-free system should be ensured while holding CPMT in future so that the possibility of error could be ruled out and the sanctity of the examination and results could be maintained. Considering the larger interest of the candidates, the C.M. has directed the concerning officers to announce correct results without any
delay and complete the inquiry at the earliest. The Chief Minister has taken the matter very seriously and expressed her sympathy with the affected families. She has directed the officers to ensure that it was not repeated in future. It is worth mentioning that the Chief Minister had taken the discrepancies in the CPMT results declared on June 14, 2007 by Purvanchal University, Jaunpur very seriously and revoked the results immediately. She ordered to set up a nine-member high-level committee to look into the entire episode. She directed the committee to conduct a thorough inquiry into the entire case. All specialists included in the committee were renowned persons.

C.M. gives a hike of Rs. 500 in monthly pension of the 1984 riot victims Lucknow : June 17, 2007
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati has increased the monthly pension of the 1984 riot-hit victims by Rs. 500. The riot victims would now be entitled to get Rs. 2500 per month. The widows and aged parents of those killed in the 1984 riots and those who suffered 70 per cent disability or the wives of those missing since then would be given by the State Government a monthly pension of Rs. 2500 lifelong. The Chief Minister has taken this decision in accordance with the recommendations of
the Nanawati Inquiry Committee under the rehabilitation package declared by
the Government of India.

NDC meet : New direction for development of rural economy insisted
Lucknow : May 29, 2007
Top priority would be accorded to agriculture
diversification, processing and distribution during the 11th Five Year Plan to double the income of the farmers. Taking into account the importance of agriculture sector, the U.P. Government has resolved to set up the
agriculture growth rate at 5.7 per cent. For that the agriculture sector has been given special importance and a target of increasing the productivity as well as production of its related activities has been set. Besides, all
possible efforts would be made to ensure remunerative prices to the farmers of their produce. The completion of the pending irrigation projects of the State and availability of a refrigerated railway cargo at the Lucknow
Airport has also being demanded from the Government of India under the 11th Five Year Plan. To ensure a second green revolution, the farmers of U.P. should be given loan at 4 per cent maximum. The Agriculture Minister, Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan on behalf of the U.P. Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati demanded an assistance of Rs. 1900 crore for the requirements of the State, which included irrigation, animal husbandry, setting up of agriculture universities, rationalising food processing, making agriculture sector profitable, water harvesting, ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers of their produce, land reclamation, energising more and more tube-wells, recharging ground water, poultry, fisheries, fertilisers, restarting the fertiliser plants and strengthening the cooperative societies at the meeting of National Development Council held at New Delhi today. Listening the priorities of Uttar Pradesh for the 11th Five Year Plan, the Agriculture Minister said that as long as all the sections of the society do not get equal opportunities and the social progress also takes place along with the economic progress, our efforts would not bear fruits. He said that besides improving the social condition of the poor belonging to SC/ST, O.B.C., religious minorities and general categories it was also required to ensure that they got the benefits of development. The Centre should provide more resources and help to ensure participation of poor in the development and also to provide them facilities. Discussing the report prepared by the sub-committee of the N.D.C. regarding the issues pertaining to agriculture, the Agriculture Minister said that this meeting was called at an appropriate time to give new direction to rural economy. He pointed out that 72 per cent of the country's population still depended on agriculture and despite the high growth rate the condition of the farmers was pitiable. Out of these, 40 per cent farmers were leaving agriculture. The contribution of agriculture in the gross domestic product had fallen to 18 per cent from 56 per cent earlier, which was a matter of grave concern. He said that the U.P. Government had resolved to maintain the agriculture growth rate at 5.7 per cent. Mr. Laxmi Narayan suggested that the farmers should be provided loans at the rate of 4 per cent. He said that this would make agriculture profitable and the farmers could be freed from the clutches of the moneylenders. He demanded that 9 agriculture universities should be set up in the State considering various factors like climatic areas and crop cycles. He also suggested that the farmers should be provided hybrid seeds at cheaper rates. The pulses and oilseeds crops should be encouraged in
Bundelkhand region considering its climatic conditions, he said. The Agriculture Minister further suggested that the current system of pre-fixing of the minimum support price to ensure adequate prices to the farmers of
their produce should be amended. The share of the farmers in the premium of the crop insurance scheme should be decreased so that they got better benefits, he pointed out. He also demanded that food processing units should be set up at the local levels so that crops like fruits, potato, mango, amla etc. fetched remunerative prices. He demanded that a refrigerated railway cargo should be set up at the Lucknow Airport so that fast decaying products could be exported easy. He suggested that the Government of India should take steps for development of food processing industry. Demanding that all the irrigation projects of the State pending under the 11th Five Year Plan should be completed, Mr. Laxmi Narayan said that the Centre should provide assistance to increase the percentage of irrigation. Expressing his serious concern over the falling level of ground water owing to uncontrolled use, he said that the same should be recharged. He also suggested scientific use of irrigation resources. He said that there was a need to improve the indigenous species of livestock through artificial insemination and efficient Pashumitra should be encouraged to increase the milk production. He said that setting up of meat processing units should be encouraged to make U.P. self sufficient in poultry production. Besides, better infrastructure was also required for fish production and marketing. It was
the top priority of the State Government to ensure remunerative prices for fish producers and also to provide them quality fish seeds. The Agriculture Minister said that the prices of diesel should be decreased considering the poor economic condition of the small and marginal farmers. The Centre should also make proper arrangements for irrigation facilities. He stressed the need of ensuring timely availability of fertilisers and also to simplify the process of fertiliser supply. He also requested to solve the problems coming in the way of timely supply of fertilisers in the districts not having railway rake point. He demanded to solve the problem of floods in eastern U.P. and to accord top priority to projects related to water harvesting. He suggested that the factories of F.C.I. Gorakhpur and Duncan Fertilisers, Panki (Kanpur) lying closed for long time now should be restarted at the earliest. According to the recommendations of the Vaidyanathan Committee the Centre has to provide Rs. 1900 crore to U.P. The Agriculture Minister requested that this mount should be released without any further delay. He expressed his gratitude towards the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh along with other guests for presenting opportunity to express his views at the N.D.C. meeting.

ACTION TAKEN AGAINST FOUR SENIOR OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE LUCKNOW: MAY 13,
2007
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati has said that the memorials set up in the memory of constitution makers; saints and other great persons should not be neglected. She said that the saints and great personalities belonging to any community should not be disregarded. The BSP Government does not hold any malice against any of the leading lights of our country, she said. The Chief Minister, immediately after taking oath, visited Ambedkar Udyan/Memorial and Ambedkar Maidan and ordered suspension of the then Principal Secretary PWD Mr. S.K. Agarwal, Housing Secretary and V.C. LDA Mr. V.B. Singh, Chief Engineer LDA Mr. D.R. Yadav. All of them have been placed under suspension with immediate effect. These officers have been suspended by the Chief Minister, when on her visit to both the places, she found that the memorials built in the memory of the makers of the constitution were constantly neglected and as a result their condition had deteriorated. The government had made all provisions for the maintenance of these memorials, but the officers did not perform their duties well, she pointed out. Action will also be initiated against Mr. R.S. Yadav, retired M.D. Rajkiya Nirman Nigam. The case of Mr. Yadav would be investigated whether he deserves the facilities being provided to him or not, she said. Earlier, the Chief Minister paid floral tributes to Lord Buddha and the maker of the constitution Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar after arriving at the Ambedkar Memorial. She expressed her dissatisfaction over the poor maintenance of the memorial. It was the same story when she arrived at Ambedkar Maidan. The National General Secretary of the BSP and MP Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra, Commissioner Lucknow Division Mr. R.K. Mittal, Secretary Mr. Navneet Sehgal and other senior officers were present on the occasion.