The court sought the response from the Ministry of Justice after going through a statement from the World Health Organization, which has stated that virginity tests are unscientific, medically unnecessary and unreliable.
Amid widespread turmoil against the three central agricultural laws in Punjab and Haryana, Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday that the well-being of farmers and the growth of the agricultural sector in the state are the top priorities of the state. your government. By incorporating a series of pro-farmer measures by his government in Uttar Pradesh, the chief minister said that his government was ensuring the procurement of crops without any interruption due to the coronavirus lockdown.
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New Delhi: Amid widespread turmoil against the three central agricultural laws in Punjab and Haryana, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed on Friday that the well-being of farmers and the growth of the agricultural sector in the state are the top priorities of your government. By incorporating a series of pro-farmer measures by his government in Uttar Pradesh, the chief minister said his government was ensuring the procurement of crops without any interruption, even amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Addressing an online CII event, Yogi Adityanath noted that 119 sugar mills were successfully operated in Uttar Pradesh following all anti-Covid precautions and protocols. The chief minister said that as the Rabi crop in UP was preparing for harvest in the middle of the shutdown, the state government established 6,000 procurement centers to help farmers sell their products and these centers functioned successfully following all precautions.
He said that these centers acquired 36 lakh of metric tons of wheat. Also for the Kharif harvest, 4,000 procurement centers have been established, he noted.
The state government has also decided to build more than 5,000 grassroots godowns over the next four years to store agricultural products, he said. The prime minister also informed the IIC of a unique variety of rice, known as Kala Namak, which is grown in the eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Siddharthnagar, and the government’s efforts to promote it along the Basmati rice line. Several research institutes have prepared a plan to promote the Kala Namak variety of rice, he said. Up to 92 percent of farmers in the state are marginalized and for their economic development it is important to recognize their efforts, he said. He said that the state government has begun to work in this direction.
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