UP current affairs, April 2025
One month of Uttar Pradesh, read as a whole. Scattered news turns into a clear picture when you see it grouped by theme, and that is what UPPSC tests: whether you understand UP, not whether you skimmed a headline. Every item below has a short summary and opens the full note.
UP Economy
4 items- IGFRI Jhansi and India’s green fodder gap 6 Apr GS-VI
Bundelkhand's dry grazing lands make Jhansi a natural home for fodder research, and fodder is the main cost in dairying.
- NHAI to build interchange where Yamuna Expressway meets Eastern Peripheral Expressway 8 Apr GS-VI
The interchange links two big corridors near the Jewar airport region.
- PMG review: Jaunpur-Akbarpur road among stalled projects 23 Apr GS-VI
PMG reviews are where land, forest and utility-shifting delays between the Centre and states get settled.
- Agra-Gwalior Greenfield Expressway (NH-719D) contract signed 30 Apr GS-VI
Agra gets a faster road to Gwalior, which links its tourism circuit with central India.
UP Polity & Governance
3 items- PRD volunteers’ duty allowance raised to ₹500 a day 8 Apr GS-VI
Better pay for auxiliary forces helps the state staff big events like the Kumbh and elections.
- Lucknow CAT bench gets its own building after 38 years 14 Apr GS-V
CAT hears service disputes of central government staff, so a proper bench in Lucknow matters for the large central workforce in UP.
- Ghaziabad issues India’s first certified green municipal bond 29 Apr GS-VI
Selling treated sewage water to industry gives the city a revenue stream to repay the bond, which is what makes a municipal bond work.
UP Society & Demography
2 items- Land for a 300-bed hospital in Ayodhya 8 Apr GS-VI
Ayodhya's visitor numbers need matching hospital capacity.
- Land for a medical college in Hathras, an unserved district 8 Apr GS-VI
"One district, one medical college" is the aim; Hathras was one of the gaps.