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 25 July 2026 the UP Chief Minister inaugurated 158 and laid foundations for 216 projects, 374 in all, worth ₹1,274 crore in the Urai, Madhogarh and Kalpi areas of Jalaun. He said Kalpi's handmade paper has a GI tag and reaches countries such as Canada, Japan and Germany, and that BIDA is coming up on about 56,000 acres.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: Bundelkhand development. Pair Kalpi paper (GI) with BIDA and the solar expressway.
25 Jul 2026GS3 · InfrastructureAn elevated road is meant to ease traffic in a crowded heritage city.
UPPCS angle: GS6 (UP infrastructure): major Varanasi project; links with UP expressway network.
15 Jul 2026GS3 · InfrastructureDecongestion of a pilgrim city.
UPPCS angle: GS6 (UP infrastructure): Varanasi decongestion project; Varuna is a Ganga tributary.
15 Jul 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 14 July 2026, at the YEIDA MedTech Investors Meet in Greater Noida, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh Promote Pharma Council (UPPPC) on quality standards and drug-safety reporting. On 23 July it signed one with Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow, and renewed another with CSIR-CIMAP.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP pharma and medtech push around YEIDA. GS-V: the sign-language module helps persons with disabilities report drug reactions.
15 Jul 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 6 July 2026 the UP Cabinet approved giving 13 acres of land at village Pindra in Varanasi, free of cost, to the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for the teaching block of its proposed medical college. The college will cost about ₹800 crore, borne by ESIC, not the State. Most MBBS seats will go to candidates from UP.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: medical education and labour welfare in UP; Centre-State cooperation where the State gives land and ESIC funds the project.
6 Jul 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 6 July 2026 the UP Cabinet approved renaming the town of Jalalabad, under the Jalalabad Nagar Palika Parishad in Shahjahanpur district, as Parshurampuri. The town is known as the birthplace of Lord Parshuram. The Government of India had given its no-objection by a letter dated 19.08.2025. The change takes effect from the date of notification.
UPPCS angle: GS-V/VI: places and culture of UP; process of renaming towns (Centre's no-objection plus State notification).
6 Jul 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 6 July 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the free transfer of 22 hectares at village Padera, tehsil Sadar, Raebareli, to the Agricultural Education and Research Department for a horticulture college. The college will come under the Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, and is expected to cost about ₹50 crore.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: agricultural education and horticulture in UP; know the seats of the State agricultural universities.
6 Jul 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 6 July 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Mukhyamantri Risk Management and Livestock Insurance Scheme, a State scheme. The central scheme, running since 2017-18, insures only up to 10 animals, while Nandini Krishak Samriddhi Yojana units keep up to 25 indigenous cows. The State will bear 85 per cent of the premium and the farmer 15 per cent.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP animal husbandry and dairy; State top-up where a central scheme's cap leaves gaps (Nanda Baba Dugdh Mission).
6 Jul 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 6 July 2026 the UP Cabinet approved cashless medical treatment for Home Guard volunteers, honorary officers and their dependants. Through SACHIS, each family gets cover of up to ₹5 lakh a year for in-patient treatment in government hospitals and SACHIS-linked private hospitals, under AB-PMJAY packages. The yearly cost is estimated at ₹35.50 crore.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: welfare of auxiliary forces in UP; SACHIS as the State health agency for AB-PMJAY.
6 Jul 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 6 July 2026 the UP Cabinet allowed 1.05 per cent of the money all three tiers of panchayats get from the State Finance Commission in 2026-27 to be held at the directorate. It will pay staff of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) and finance cells, and meet technical needs. The Director, Panchayati Raj, will spend it.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: panchayat finances in UP; SFC transfers and how support staff are paid.
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