New Delhi: Yogi Adityanath will preside over the first state cabinet meeting in Lucknow on Tuesday. Party supporters, opposition and the public at large will follow the meeting to find out whether BJP will fulfill its poll promises.
Observations made by state cabinet ministers and decisions taken by them in Tuesday’s cabinet meeting will also give a glimpse of how Yogi government’s policies will shape up in the coming days.Also Read: Top 5 Controversial Statements of Hindu Hardliner Yogi Adityanath
According to information obtained from sources in the party, big farm loan waivers can be expected in the meeting that starts from 5 pm on Tuesday. Some decisions could also reflect Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies, sources said.
Farm loan waiver was the highlight in BJP’s manifesto released on January 28.Also Read: Yogi Gets Cracking, UP Police Set up Anti-Romeo Squads
Some other promises were 24*7 power supply, 70 lakh jobs, 90% reservation for state domiciles, free education of girls till graduation, ‘anti-romeo’ squads, ban on mechanised abattoirs and constitution of ‘anti-exodus’ squads.
Sources in the party suggest that following big ticket decisions could be made in Adityanath government’s first cabinet meeting which is to be held on Tuesday.Also Read: Get Cracking on Land, Cow and Mining Mafia: Yogi Adityanath Orders PoliceFarm loan waver
This could be the most important decision to come out of state cabinet meeting in the evening.
UP government is likely to go ahead and give a partial farmer loan waver to around 1.5 crore farmers in the state. According to estimates, the combined outstanding farm loan in the states is around 62,000 crore.
Now the government does not have the capacity to waive off the complete amount, so, sources say, the state government is likely to introduce a policy whereby loans of a certain period on Kisan credit card(KCC) can be waived off.
Cooperative bank loans up to Rs 50000 may also be waived off.Dues of sugarcane farmers to be cleared
This is another poll promise made by BJP. Around Rs 6000 crore is the amount which sugarcane farmers are to be paid for their previous sale of crop. A major portion of it is likely to be cleared by the govt.Anti Exodus Squads
Another promise made in BJP’s Sankalp Patr, its manifesto, was constitution of squads to check exodus of communities within the state. The idea was inspired from initial news reports and claims made by the MP in Kairana that several Hindu families had fled Kairana due to threats from violent elements in Muslim community.
Not only were these charges proved to be false, the MP – Hukum Singh - himself later denied ever having made such statements. However, BJP is likely to go ahead and constitute the ‘anti-exodus squads’ anyways. 90% reservation in state jobs for state youth
Also on the agenda is a move to modify job criteria in state government vacancies in such a way that allows 90% vacancies to be reserved for youths who are domiciles of UP.No interviews for government grade 3 and 4 jobs
Bearing Narendra Modi’s signature, this policy decision likely to be announced on Tuesday will ensure that thousands of applicants applying for grade 3 and 4 jobs won’t have to appear for interviews.Changing the name of Samajwadi Ambulance Seva
In 2012 Akhilesh Yadav government introduced a free ambulance service named after his party. According to sources, there is a proposal to change the name of this scheme.
The scheme was being funded jointly by the state and the centre, by owing to the name that the previous government had given to this service, the centre had reportedly stopped giving its share.Another issue in UP state cabinet agenda for Tuesday’s meeting is naming of a new advocate general for UP.
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