Government of Uttar Pradesh

Government of Uttar Pradesh
Legislative body of Uttar Pradesh
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Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Region	Awadh, Braj, Bundelkhand, Purvanchal, RohilKhand
High Court	Allahabad High Court
District Courts India	undefined
Uttar Pradesh	14 November 18342
Capital	Lucknow
Government
• Governor	Ram Naik
• Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
• Chief Secretary	Rajiv Kumar (IAS)
Area
• Total	243,286 km2 (93,933 sq mi)
Area rank	5th
Population [1]
• Total	193,977,000
• Rank	1st
• Density	792/km2 (2,050/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code	IN-UP
Vehicle registration	UP XX XXXX 1
Largest metro	Kanpur
Sex ratio	111.4 ♂/♀
HDI	0.490
HDI Rank	25th
HDI Year	2005
HDI Category	low
Climate	Cfa (Köppen)
Avg. annual temperature	31 °C (88 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	46 °C (115 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	6 °C (43 °F)
Website	www.upgov.nic.in
1 The decision to possibly create additional districts is pending. 2,[2][3][4] - 14 November 1834 : Presidency of Agra. - 1 January 1836 : North-Western Provinces. - 3 April 1858 : Oudh taken under British control, Delhi taken away from NWP & merged into Punjab. - 1 April 1871 : Ajmer, Merwara & Kekri made separate commissionership. - 15 February 1877 : Oudh added to North-Western Provinces. - 22 March 1902 : Renamed United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. - 3 January 1921 : Renamed United Provinces of British India. - 1 April 1937 : Renamed United Provinces - 1 April 1946 : Self rule granted. - 15 August 1947 : Part of independent India. - 26 January 1950 : Renamed Uttar Pradesh - 9 November 2000 : Uttaranchal, now known as Uttarakhand, state created from part of Uttar Pradesh.

The Government of Uttar Pradesh is a democratically elected State Government in India with the Governor as its appointed constitutional Head of the State by the President of India. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh is appointed for a period of five years and appoints the Chief Minister and his council of ministers, who are vested with legislative powers as well as executive powers of the State. The governor remains a ceremonial head of the state, while the Chief Minister and his council are responsible for day-to-day government functions. Government of UP's influence on Indian Politics is paramount as it send the largest number of Lok Sabha seats to Indian Parliament.

Legislature

Uttar Pradesh is one of only seven states in India with a bicameral legislature—i.e., has two houses, the Vidhan Sabha, a legislative assembly, and the Vidhan Parishad, a legislative council. There are 403 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and 100 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

Executive

The government is headed by the Governor who appoints the Chief Minister and his council of ministers. The Governor is appointed for a period of five years and acts as the constitutional head of the State. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the Chief Minister and his council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.

The council of ministers consists of Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State (MoS). The Secretariat headed by the Chief Secretary assists the council of ministers. The Chief Secretary is also the administrative head of the government..

Each government department is headed by a Minister, who is assisted by an Additional Chief Secretary or a Principal Secretary, who usually is an officer of Indian Administrative Service, the Additional Chief Secretary or the Principal secretary serve as the administrative head of the department they are assigned to. Each department also has officers of rank of Secretary, Special Secretary, Joint Secretary etc. assisting the Minister and the Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary.

Council of Ministers (CoM)

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Judiciary

The state High Court is in Allahabad but also has a bench in Lucknow. There are District courts in every district of the state, and each District court is headed by a District Judge.

Administrative divisions

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is made up of 75 administrative districts, that are grouped into 18 divisions. Each division consists of 3-4 districts. A Divisional Commissioner, an officer of Indian Administrative Service is responsible for heading the administration of a division, the Divisional Commissioner is also responsible for maintenance of law and order in his division.

There are also 8 Police zones and 18 Police ranges in the state. Each zone consists of 2-3 ranges and is headed by an Additional Director General ranked officer of Indian Police Service. Whereas a range consists of 3-4 districts and is headed by an Inspector General ranked or a Deputy Inspector General ranked officer of Indian Police Service.

District administration

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The District Magistrate is responsible for coordinating the work between various departments in the district, is responsible for law and order in the district and is also given the power of an executive magistrate. The District Magistrate is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Uttar Pradesh Civil Service and other state services.

A Senior Superintendent of Police or a Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Uttar Pradesh Police Service like and other Uttar Pradesh Police officials.

A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the forests, the environment, and wildlife-related issues of the district with the assistance of the Uttar Pradesh Forest Service.

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various State Services. These officers have to report to the District Magistrate of the district.

Politics

Uttar Pradesh politics is dominated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as the third major party. The Bharatiya Janata Party occupies the current government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Indian author and political activist, Shantanu Gupta has even wrote the book - Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein describing the misgovernance and corruption by the two regional parties in Uttar Pradesh from 2002-2017.^[8]

Schemes/projects

Free laptop distribution scheme

The Free laptop distribution scheme of Uttar Pradesh Government was the scheme of the Government of Uttar Pradesh headed by Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party.^[9] 1.5 million laptops were distributed via the scheme.^[10] If up government educate student about computer knowledge then laptop will be useful.

Lucknow Metro

The Lucknow Metro (Hindi: लखनऊ मेट्रो; Urdu: لکھنؤ میٹرو‎) is an under construction rapid transit system in the city of Lucknow, India. Construction on the first phase began on 27 September 2014. Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Limited (LMRC) is responsible to build and operate this network.^[11] The metro project will be the most expensive public transport system in the state of Uttar Pradesh, costing ₹12,500 crore (US$2 billion). It will provide speedy mass transport and help in reduce traffic congestion on city roads.

The proposed metro rail network was planned to consist of two corridors: North-South and East-West one from Amausi to Munshi Pulia and other from Vasant Kunj to Charbagh Railway Station. Both lines will intersect at Charbagh. An extension line from Indira Nagar – Gomti Nagar – Polytechnic Crossing will extend it to Patrakarpuram, Gomti Nagar.^[12] The difference between arrival time of trains at each station is expected to be 7 minutes. This would be reduced to 5 minutes and then to 3 minutes in phases.

Greater Noida Metro System

A new metro rail network will shortly be developed between Noida and Greater Noida. Measuring 29.707 km, it will be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 5,064 crore. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) has already been prepared by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.^[13]

According to the DPR, 22 stations are proposed, of which 13 will be constructed on ground while seven stations will be elevated. Two stations at Knowledge Park-I and sector Delta-1 in Greater Noida are planned for future expansion.

Starting from Noida City Centre in Sector 32, the proposed Metro corridor will lead towards Greater Noida via stations in Sectors 50, 51, 78, 101, 81, on the Dadri road, 83, 85, 137, 142, 143, 144, 147, 153 & Sector 149 in Noida.

It will enter Greater Noida through Knowledge Park-II and traverse Pari Chowk, Sector-Alpha 1 and 2, before terminating at Depot station proposed near recreational green, Knowledge Park-IV in Greater Noida. The entire Metro alignment is proposed to be elevated.

A special purpose vehicle (SPV) would be formed for the development, operation and maintenance of the metro rail. The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved the Project and forwarded the DPR to Government of India in October 2013.

The Government of India and UP will each bear 20% of the costs and loans from external agencies would be taken to fund the rest 60% of the project. Twenty per cent funding from UP will be shared by Noida and Greater Noida Authorities, based on the length of track that passes through the two areas.

The metro link is expected to be commissioned by 2017.

Expansion of Metro Rail Project (second phase)

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet gave its approval to the proposed memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Delhi Metro and Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) for the project. With the expansion of the metro rail service from Delhi to Ghaziabad, commuting up to Delhi railway station and other important places would become easy for the people.

Ban on polythene

On 18 December 2015 the Government following earlier Allahabad High Court orders,^[14][15] banned usage of polythene in any form, failure to which it would attract penalty up to ₹5 lakh (US$7,800) fine and six months jail,^[16][17][18] in accordance with Environment Protection Act, 1986.

See also

• Governors of Uttar Pradesh
• List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh - Vikas Ki Prateeksha Mein

References

External links

• cid.gov.in/ Official website of the Government of India

State of Uttar Pradesh
Capital: Lucknow
Topics	History Geography Government Economy Culture Achitecture Tourism Demographics Education
Regions	Western Uttar Pradesh Eastern Uttar Pradesh Central Uttar Pradesh
Divisions	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Faizabad Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Saharanpur Varanasi
Districts	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Ambedkar Nagar Amethi Amroha Auraiya Azamgarh Badaun Bagpat Bahraich Ballia Balrampur Banda Barabanki Bareilly Basti Bijnor Bulandshahr Chandauli Chitrakoot Devaria Etah Etawah Faizabad Farrukhabad Fatehpur Firozabad Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Ghazipur Gonda Gorakhpur Hamirpur Hardoi Hathras Jalaun Jaunpur Jhansi Kannauj Kanpur Dehat (Akbarpur) Kanpur Nagar Kanshiram Nagar Kaushambi Kushinagar (Padrauna) Lakhimpur Kheri Lalitpur Lucknow Maharajganj Mahoba Mainpuri Mathura Mau Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Pilibhit Pratapgarh Raebareli Rampur Saharanpur Sambhal Sant Kabir Nagar Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) Shahjahanpur Shamli Shravasti Siddharthnagar Sitapur Sonbhadra Sultanpur Unnao Varanasi
Major cities	Kanpur Lucknow Ghaziabad Agra Varanasi Faizabad Meerut Allahabad Bareilly Aligarh Moradabad Saharanpur Gorakhpur Noida Jhansi Mathura
Villages	Adhkatiya Kala Khas Aharak Ahiran, Pindra Ahirani, Pindra Airla Aitha Ajaipur Akhari Akorha Amaut Amawar Amilo, Varanasi Araji Line Babhanpura Baghirua Baliakheri Bhelupura Chadpur Dabethuwa Deorai Eshipur Harora Aht. Harora Must. Janakpatti Jayapur Kathiraon Khanzadipur Kudi Lamhi Mehdiganj Phoolpur Raghunathpur Rajpur Saifai Tisaura Vyaspur Zafarabad
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