The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday authorised the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission Bill 2023. The Selection Commission will act as an built-in State Education Service Selection Commission for recruiting lecturers in government-aided academic establishments, aside from appointments in different authorities academic establishments.

“Till now there were separate selection boards and commissions for the selection of teachers in the State, but now it will be replaced by the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission, after which Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service Commission and Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Service Selection Board will be disbanded. It will be a corporate body with its headquarters at Prayagraj. In this commission, 12 members and a chairman will be appointed by the State government. They shall hold office for three years or till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier,” stated Yogendra Upadhyay, Higher Education Minister of U.P.

Water tourism

The Cabinet additionally authorised the Water Tourism and Adventure Sports Policy 2023, which might be legitimate for 10 years and relevant to all inland land-based, air-based and water routes, dams, reservoirs, lakes, rivers, ponds and all journey actions to be carried out on numerous waterbodies and land parcels inside the jurisdiction of the StateThe hills in Vindhya and Bundelkhand areas, about 16,620 sq km within the foothills of the Himalayas in addition to many lovely landscapes, forest areas, flowing rivers and breathtakingly lovely waterfalls, dams, reservoirs and lakes have plenty of potential for water-based tourism, journey sports activities and water sports activities. Keeping this in thoughts, we’ve got introduced its coverage within the state, which has received approval from the Council of Ministers.

“This policy will be valid for 10 years from the date notified by the State Government”, stated U.P. Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh.

Under the coverage, U.P. will create a nodal company of journey sports activities items on the divisional stage. The nodal company will conduct potential research for water-based tourism and journey sports activities on notified land areas and water sources. It will even difficulty licences for water-based tourism and journey sports activities on every land space and water sources.