Government of Uttar Pradesh

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 civil service's head of various government departments in the state.

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. 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.

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 3-4 districts. A Divisional Commissioner, an officer of Indian Administrative Service is responsible for heading the administration of a 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 Inspector General ranked officer of Indian Police Service. Whereas a range consists of 3-4 districts and is headed by 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 the regional parties Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the third major party. The Samajawadi Party occupies the current government headed by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, son of Shri. Mulayam Singh Yadav an incumbent Lok Sabha MP from Azamgarh parliamentary constituency in U.P and a former Defence Minister of India as well as a former three time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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. 1.5 million laptops were distributed via the scheme. 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. 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. 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.

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, banned usage of polythene in any form, failure to which it would attract penalty up to ₹5 lakh (US$7,400) fine and six months jail, in accordance with Environment Protection Act, 1986.