UP current affairs for UPPCS
Original notes on Uttar Pradesh only: schemes, budget, cabinet decisions, districts and UPPSC notices, mapped to GS-V and GS-VI.
UPPCS GS-VIOn 3 June 2026 the UP Cabinet amended several provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Semiconductor Policy-2024. The changes aim to give investors friendlier policy support, keep UP competitive with other States and align the policy with the India Semiconductor Mission. The amendment puts no extra financial burden on the State.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: industrial policy of UP. Cite the 2026 amendment as an example of States revising incentives to compete for high-tech investment.
3 Jun 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 3 June 2026 the UP Cabinet set the maize purchase policy for Kharif Marketing Year 2025-26 (rabi crop) under the price support scheme. Maize will be bought at the MSP of ₹2,400 a quintal from 15 June to 31 July 2026 through 150 proposed centres, with a working target of 25,000 metric tonnes and payment within 48 hours.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP agriculture. Use as an example of MSP procurement extended to coarse grains, with digital land verification and direct payment.
3 Jun 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 3 June 2026 the UP Cabinet gave administrative approval for five new district jails: Moradabad (2,000 inmates), Kanpur Nagar (2,030), Auraiya (1,056), Bhadohi (574) and Lalitpur (552). The same meeting approved a policy to pay prompt compensation to families of prisoners who die an unnatural death in jail.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: prison administration in UP. Pair the new jails with the custodial death compensation policy approved the same day.
3 Jun 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 3 June 2026 the UP Cabinet approved transferring the State-run ESI hospital at Pandu Nagar, Kanpur, to the Employees' State Insurance Corporation to develop it as a super-specialty hospital and medical college, and taking over ESIC's Jajmau hospital in Kanpur in return. The medical college project costs about ₹700 crore and will start with 50 MBBS seats.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: health infrastructure and labour welfare in UP; ESIC colleges at Varanasi, Greater Noida and Kanpur.
3 Jun 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 3 June 2026 the UP Cabinet allowed seed capital of up to ₹355.06 crore for the Agra, Bareilly and Prayagraj development authorities under the Chief Minister Urban Expansion/New City Promotion Scheme, and released ₹225 crore as the first instalment. The scheme gives up to 50 per cent of land acquisition cost as seed capital for up to 20 years.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: urbanisation in UP. Quote the seed-capital model as a tool for planned townships.
3 Jun 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 3 June 2026 the UP Cabinet approved running 1,725 air-conditioned e-buses of 9 m and 12 m in 18 cities and nearby towns on the gross cost contract model, with 12-year contracts. It also approved the "UP Bandi Mrityu evam Muavza Bhugtan Niti" to pay quick compensation to families of prisoners who die unnaturally in jail.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: urban transport and prison reform in UP. Use GCC as the e-bus model; cite the compensation policy on custodial deaths.
3 Jun 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 30 May 2026 the Raksha Mantri and the UP Chief Minister opened Nausena Shaurya Vatika in Lucknow, an open-air display museum built for Rs 19 crore over more than two acres. It shows weapons and artefacts of INS Gomati, decommissioned on 29 May 2022 after 34 years, and a walk-through TU 142M maritime patrol aircraft.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP culture and tourism. Note the Defence Industrial Corridor reference: the Raksha Mantri said it is strengthening defence manufacturing in UP.
30 May 2026UPPCS GS-VOn 26 May 2026 the UP Chief Minister inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 342 Lucknow Nagar Nigam projects worth ₹413 crore. He noted that UP's 17 nagar nigams, 200 nagar palika parishads and 545 nagar panchayats were completing three years of their term that day, with about 14,000 councillors.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: urban local bodies in UP. Memorise the 17/200/545 split and link it to Articles 243Q and 243U.
26 May 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 18 May 2026 the UP Cabinet raised the internship allowance of veterinary students from ₹4,000 to ₹12,000 a month. It applies at DUVASU Mathura, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology in Kumarganj, Ayodhya, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut. The extra cost is about ₹4.20 crore.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: animal husbandry in UP. Know the three universities that teach veterinary science.
18 May 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 18 May 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a 765/400 kV pooling substation at Mirzapur and its transmission lines at an estimated cost of ₹2799.47 crore. It will carry power from proposed thermal and pumped storage projects to meet rising demand. The project will be built as common public infrastructure.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: power sector in UP. Use as an example of transmission planned alongside new generation.
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