Changing Scenario in up Officials and Experts Discuss Developmental Reforms and Challenges Ahead
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Alok Ranjan, chief advisor to chief minister, Uttar Pradesh, addressing the UP Reforms in Governance Summit 2016 Changing scenario in UP Officials and experts discuss developmental reforms and challenges ahead Vishwas Dass wheat production and the third largest like commencement of metro train in economy in India after Maharashtra Lucknow and Agra-Lucknow express- and Tamil Nadu. The government has way would be completed within the brought revolution in the work culture stipulated time-frame. sserting that Uttar which has resulted in timely comple- Terming the laptop distribution Pradesh is emerging as tion of projects,” Ranjan said. scheme as one of the biggest schemes one of the fastest devel- According to him, things have dra- in the world, Ranjan said over 15 lakh oping states, chief advisor matically changed in Uttar Pradesh. laptops were distributed to meritori- to the UP chief minister, For instance, UP has become the coun- ous students in the first phase. Luc- Alok Ranjan, said that the try’s first state to have implemented di- know metro, Agra-Lucknow express- Astate government is leaving no stone rect benefit transfer (DBT) in supply of way, international cricket stadium and unturned to ensure seamless develop- seeds and registered 50 lakh farmers Kamdhenu Dairy Scheme for strength- ment. Ranjan was speaking at the UP online, he remarked. ening the dairy sector were some of the Reforms in Governance Summit, 2016, “Sixty-seven percent population of key projects of the UP government he organised by Governance Now in Au- the state is working in the agricultural highlighted. gust in Lucknow. sector which contributes 25 percent of Commissioner, commercial tax, “UP has become a state which can’t the state’s GDP. The government has en- Mukesh Kumar Meshram, highlighted be ignored by anyone now. Look at the sured that farmers get fertilisers in time that UP is embracing IT at a rapid pace size of the massive consumer market and more youngsters get jobs under to strengthen citizen services. “As far which is difficult to find anywhere else the agriculture junction scheme rolled as commercial tax department is con- in the country. The state is the first in out by the Akhilesh government,” Ran- cerned, we have made a lot of changes milk production, sugar production, jan said, adding that flagship projects in collaboration with NIC in the last 62 GovernanceNow | September 16-30, 2016 people politics policy performance Conference Report “We are going “Right from the “There is a lot through very registration of demand to interesting stage, dealers create suitable times. need not visit manpower for Technology is the trade tax the country. In impacting the sustainability offices as they can submit a society, the of every other aspect. all key documents online role of higher education We should make efforts and get their TIN online institutions is very to position India as a important” within 24 hours” superpower by 2050.” Mukesh Kumar Meshram, Commissioner, Sandhya Chintala, VP, NASSCOM Commercial Tax, UP SB Nimse, VC, Lucknow University few years. Right from the registration indirectly employed because of this that a police vehicle reaches to the com- stage, dealers need not visit the trade industry, which today stands about plainant within 20 minutes of lodging tax offices as they can submit all key 150 billion USD and poised to grow to the complaint. The idea is to provide documents online and get their trad- 350 billion USD and UP’s role in creat- integrated emergency response system er identification number (TIN) online ing this, is critical. In one of the things which is like 911 to get three important within 24 hours,” Meshram said. that we as an industry chamber un- services – police, medical and fire res- Dr Sandhya Chintala, vice president, derstood is that without the human re- cue. It is aimed at rendering all the said NASSCOM and executive director, IT- source, this growth can’t be sustained. services across the state,” he said. ITeS Sector Skills Council, applauded So therefore, NASSCOM has also ide- Jai Agarwal, vice chairman, CII, UP the UP government for opting IT to im- ated and indentified the IT sector State state council and director, CP Milks and prove and increase an array of citizen Council under the National Skills De- Foods Private Limited, said, “UP is the services. “We are at the cusp of change velopment Corporation (NSDC) and largest producer of food grain and it and going through very interesting Ministry of Skill Development and En- accounted for almost 19 percent share times. Technology is impacting the sus- trepreneurship plays a critical part,” in the country’s total food grain output tainability of every other aspect. We she added. in 2014-15. It has become a hub for the should make efforts to position India Additional director general of po- semi-conductor industry. UP is ahead of as a superpower by 2050,” she said. lice (traffic) Anil Agarwal outlined the all states in terms of the dairy industry. Chintala further said that the role role of UP police in modernising the Resources, policy incentives, infrastruc- of UP as an IT destination is critical. citizen services. “I have been given the ture and climate are best suited for in- “In every State, human resource is the responsibility of integrated technol- vestments in different sectors,” he said. capital wealth of that particular State. ogy enabled citizen centric services UP has a robust industrial infra- To have them upskilled and upgraded and heading the citizen centric service structure including 15 industrial areas, is the critical factor to have the socio cell. We have established four modern 12 specialised parks, four growth cen- economic growth. In this regard, Na- control rooms. Earlier, police control tres and industrial infrastructure de- tional Association of Software and Ser- rooms used conventional technology velopment centres,” he added. vices Companies (NASSCOM), which in where they had just one telephone line SB Nimse, vice chancellor, Lucknow its 26th year, has been able to establish and an operator who may not attend University, highlighted that the state of India as an IT destination globally. It calls round-the-clock. We have estab- higher education is neither miserable has got 16,000 IT companies of which lished a modern control room where nor good in India. “There is a lot of de- about 2,200 are members of the NASS- every call is recorded, everything is mand to create suitable manpower for COM. But that they own collectively done electronically and we have trail the country. For this, the role of higher 96 percent of the business and about of every record,” Agarwal said. education institutions is very impor- 95 percent representation of the hu- He further highlighted that the UP tant. To support the GDP growth, we man resource who are directly em- police has set up four control rooms at need research of good quality. We have ployed which is about 3.7 million to- Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad and Gha- to reform the higher education sector day. And around 10 million odd are ziabad. “In Lucknow, we have ensured on an urgent basis,” Nimse said. www.GovernanceNow.com 63 people politics policy performance Conference Report “UP Police has established a modern control room where every call is recorded, everything is done electronically and we have trail of every voice record.” Anil Agarwal, ADGP- Traffic, UP L-R: Sunita Mishra, dean, BBAU; N K Goyal, president, CMAI; Vivek Banka, director, “Because Maverick Digital; LB Gautam, national head, Accuster Technology of mega infrastructure Selva Kumari J, managing director, has developed a portable laboratory Kanpur Electricity Supply Corpora- in a suitcase that does not require big projects, a tion (KESCO), said Uttar Pradesh needs rooms to operate and can perform 37 lot of smaller more power for its rural and remote bio-chemistry tests that cost less than parts. She outlined that the govern- `100. “The device is a boon for states towns are increasing and ment needs to cover at least 1.73 lakh like UP and Bihar where affordability need more electricity. As habitations under electrification. “Be- matters a lot. All the latest IT features cause of mega infrastructure projects, have been incorporated in this device. many cities are slated a lot of smaller towns are expanding People will get SMS alerts for every to transform into smart and need more electricity. As more check-up done through this machine,” urban clusters are slated to transform Gautam said. cities, they require more into smart cities, they certainly require Sunita Mishra, dean, school of home more electricity in future. Electricity sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambed- electricity in future.” pilferage is one of the biggest concerns kar University (BBAU), talked about of the KESCO at present,” she added. the newly started community college Selva Kumari J, MD, KESCO Daljit Singh, director (works and in- which offers a three-month course on frastructure), Lucknow Metro Rail Cor- dietetics and nutrition. Many young- poration (LMRC), said smart transpor- sters are opting for such courses, she “Smart tation is the backbone of the smart city added. project and it should be environmen- NK Goyal, president, CMAI Asso- transportation tally safe, seamless and sustainable. ciation of India, chairman emeritus is the backbone “When traffic volume increases beyond TEMA; member Governing Council 50,000 per hour per direction traffic Telecom Equipment and Services Ex- of smart city (PHPDT), problem of traffic through port Promotion Council, government project and it road transport cannot be solved easily. of India, mentioned that full availabil- In such cases, rail-based transport sys- ity of internet connectivity in rural ar- should be environmentally tems are required.