"The total financial burden would be Rs 36,359 crore of which Rs 5630 crore will go for one time settlement which will benefit 7 lakh farmer", he said. Some have even accused the BJP of cheating the farmers of Uttar Pradesh by not giving what they had promised. After the meeting, the UP Minister Siddharth Nath Singh has given a brief to the media, regarding their decision to waive off loans to farmers. The loan waiver would apply to all banks, including cooperative banks.
The Cabinet also agreed that anti-Romeo squads, who are meant to target men who harass women, are doing great work.
No illegal slaughterhouse will be allowed in the state.
Bankers are already grappling with bad loans worth over Rs 9.5 lakh crore on their books mainly because of loan defaults by several large corporate houses.
Meanwhile, the state government also chose to impose a ban on electronic slaughter houses in the state.
Seven thousand wheat-purchase centres would also be set up in the state and will be monitored by Adityanath. The decision, taken at the first Cabinet meeting of the new BJP government, will cost the exchequer over Rs 30,000 crore.
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Although there is no Constitutional compulsion of convening the first Cabinet meeting within a certain period, traditionally the ruling party has held it within a week or so of forming the government.
The delegation, which had earlier met Industries Development Minister Satish Mahana, said their company was keen to invest in the state and by 2020, it would like to create 10,000 employment opportunities. The idea is to bring governance to the doorstep of people and assess local issues closely, news agency Press Trust of India reported, quoting a senior minister as stating cautiously that "the idea is still in its infancy. just a thought".
Apart from the loan waiver, the government will also form a three-member committee under deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya to look into the crisis faced by potato farmers.
According to a statement released by the UP government, Adityanath chaired a meeting of education department officials late evening yesterday, where he have these directions.
He also claimed the BJP has waived loans worth Rs 1.4 lakh crores of big corporate houses and industrialists.
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