Original notes on Uttar Pradesh only: schemes, budget, cabinet decisions, districts and UPPSC notices, mapped to GS-V and GS-VI.
The Union Cabinet approved a 101.51 km four-lane access-controlled Barabanki-Bahraich stretch of NH-927 at a capital cost of ₹6,969.04 crore, the Road Ministry said on 26 March 2026. Built on Hybrid Annuity Mode, it will cut travel time from about 150 to 75 minutes and improve access to the Buddhist site of Shravasti.
UPPCS angle: GS-V/VI: infrastructure and Buddhist heritage of UP. Pair Shravasti with Rupaidiha and eastern UP growth.
26 Mar 2026
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the wheat procurement policy for Rabi marketing year 2026-27 at the MSP of ₹2,585 a quintal, from 25 March to 15 June 2026. Eight agencies will run 6,500 centres. The Cabinet also gave Lucknow's Chhatar Manzil and Roshan-ud-Daula to the Tourism Department free for heritage tourism on PPP.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: agriculture and heritage of UP. Pair MSP procurement with adaptive reuse of Lucknow monuments.
23 Mar 2026
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Uttar Pradesh Private Business Park Development Scheme-2025. Private developers will build ready-to-operate, plug-and-play parks for offices of global firms, R&D centres and global capability centres. Parks will be built on the DBFOT model on a 45-year concession, each on a minimum of about 10 acres.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: industry and investment in UP. Use for PPP models in the services sector.
23 Mar 2026
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Uttar Pradesh Safe Reuse of Treated Water Policy-2026. It promotes the safe reuse of water from sewage treatment plants and faecal sludge treatment plants for non-potable uses. The policy rolls out in three phases, from municipal use and gardens to industry and, finally, dual pipe supply to homes.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: water resources of UP. Use the three-phase reuse plan in answers on urban water management and river pollution.
23 Mar 2026
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved ₹2242.90 crore to develop the Pachhwara South coal block allotted to Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Ltd, in line with the Coal Ministry's approval. Its coal will mainly feed the Ghatampur thermal power project in Kanpur Nagar. Mining began on 19 December 2025, and coal dispatch is targeted from August 2026.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: power sector of UP. Use Ghatampur and its captive coal block in answers on energy security.
23 Mar 2026
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Navyug Palika Yojana to develop urban bodies at district headquarters, other than municipal corporations, over five years from FY 2025-26 to 2029-30. Fifty-eight bodies are covered, at ₹583.20 crore a year. The scheme is fully state-funded, with ₹145 crore set aside for 2025-26.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: urban local bodies in UP. Use as an example of developing smaller district towns.
23 Mar 2026
On 22 March 2026 Indian Railways commissioned the Kavach automatic train protection system on the 190 route km Prayagraj-Kanpur section of the Delhi-Howrah high-density corridor. Eight pairs of trains are covered in the first phase. The step paves the way for 160 kmph running on this section, with Ghaziabad-Tundla next.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: transport infrastructure in UP. Use the Prayagraj-Kanpur Kavach stretch as a rail safety example.
23 Mar 2026
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a new sugar mill for The Kisan Sahkari Chini Mill Ltd, Baghpat, raising crushing capacity from 2,500 to 5,000 tonnes of cane per day. The cost recommended by the Public Investment Board is ₹37249.89 lakh, funded half by state equity or grant and half by a state loan.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: sugar industry and cooperatives in UP. Use as an example of modernising cooperative mills.
23 Mar 2026
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved new construction, widening and strengthening of the 24-kosi Vanshgopal Tirth parikrama road in Sambhal district. The route is 49.470 km long, and 30.660 km of it is still kutcha. It will get at least a 7 m pavement and a 3 m raised footpath, at a cost of ₹30010.65 lakh.
UPPCS angle: GS-V/VI: culture and infrastructure of UP. Use Sambhal's tirthas and the parikrama road as an example of pilgrimage tourism.
23 Mar 2026
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a 20 MW floating solar plant on Chilua Tal in Gorakhpur to help develop the city as a solar city. Coal India Ltd will build it from its own funds on 28.20 acres of Tourism Department land given free. It will produce at least 33.29 million units of green power a year.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: renewable energy in UP. Use Chilua Tal as a floating solar example.
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