UPPCS GS-VIOn 18 October 2026 Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said more than 1.20 crore women in Uttar Pradesh are now in self-help groups. Over four lakh women in 31 districts are linked to dairy producer companies, SHG women make take-home ration for anganwadis, and BC Sakhis bring banking to village panchayats. For UPPCS, this is a ready case study of how the State uses SHGs for nutrition, dairy and financial inclusion, and of the questions that remain.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP schemes for women; UPSRLM, BC Sakhi, THR, dairy producer companies.
18 Oct 2026UPPCS GS-VIUP officials said on 18 October 2026 that the State has widened the Mukhyamantri Krishak Chhatravriti Yojana, run by the Rajya Krishi Utpadan Mandi Parishad, for children of farmers and farm labourers who study agriculture. Scholarship seats have been doubled from 1,410 to 2,820, and the amount has gone up from ₹3,000 to ₹5,000 a month, that is from ₹36,000 to ₹60,000 a year. For a bright student from a small farm family, this can decide whether a B.Sc. in agriculture is possible at all.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP agriculture and schemes; agricultural education; Mandi Parishad.
18 Oct 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 16 October 2026 CM Yogi Adityanath highlighted UP's 'Padak Lao, Pad Pao' initiative under which medal winners at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games receive cash awards and direct recruitment, backed by a sports-infrastructure ladder up to the Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP sports policy, schemes for sportspersons and women's empowerment.
16 Oct 2026UPPCS GS-VIUP's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Skill Training and Employment Zone scheme, cleared on 9 October 2026, will set up a hub-and-spoke skilling and placement network in nine zones covering all 75 districts, starting with five centres and costing an estimated ₹1,725 crore over three years.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP skill development, employment and MSME sector.
15 Oct 2026UPPCS GS-VIUP's Sustainable Aviation Fuel Manufacturing Promotion Policy-2026, cleared by the Cabinet on 9 October, offers incentives to units that turn crop residue, municipal waste and non-edible oilseeds into jet fuel, with UPNEDA as the nodal agency and a five-year term.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP industrial and energy policy; environment and agriculture linkages.
15 Oct 2026UPPCS GS-VIUttar Pradesh has raised gram praharis' monthly honorarium by ₹1,000 to ₹3,500 and given them cashless medical cover of up to ₹5 lakh a year. The announcement came while honouring about 68,000 gram praharis in Bareilly, with directions to fill vacancies and deepen weekly police contact.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: UP law and order, rural policing.
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