The Ayodhya Airport has been named Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram Airport. The decision was taken by the UP cabinet on Tuesday. The cabinet decided to send the proposal to the civil aviation ministry.

Mean while, the cabinet approved a proposal to give relief to farmers and traders and reduced mandi fees from 2% to 1%. Now, for trading within a mandi, one will have to pay 1.5% fees against 2.5%, which includes 0.5% as development charges which remain unchanged. The move will encourage trade within the mandi, especially in light of the new agricultural laws under which farmers need not sell their wares within a mandi, said an official.

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Currently, 1% is the lowest that the government can charge as mandi fees. As per the Agricultural Produce Market Regulations of 1964, the mandi fees has to be within the 1-2% bracket.

The cabinet also cleared the UP State Court Video Conferencing Rules, 2020. The rules had been proposed by the high court to allow work in courts through video conferencing, necessitated by Covid-19 pandemic.

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The cabinet approved a proposal to promulgate the UP Education Institutes (Reservation in Academic Cadre) Ordinance, 2020. Under this, UP will follow the recruitment reservation system which is being implemented by higher education institutes under the Centre. Under this, 10% reservation for economically weaker sections will be incorporated. For the purpose of reservation, a university will be considered as a single unit, as will aided degree colleges. However, all government degree colleges will together be considered as a single unit.

This rule will not be implemented in minority universities. The cabinet has approved phase 2 of organic farming scheme in Hamirpur district. The first phase of the scheme was implemented from 2016 to 2019. The second phase is proposed to start from this year and will cost Rs 14.28 crore.

In another decision, Punvarka college will be absorbed in Saharanpur university. With this, the 91 acres of the college and its buildings will be included in Saharanpur University. The teaching and non-teaching staff of the college will be absorbed by other colleges and all vacant posts will be cancelled. No new admissions will take place in the college in 2021-22 session. A decision was also taken to revise the salaries of teachers and vice-chancellor of UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Veterinary Hospital and cow research centre in Mathura as per the seventh pay commission rules.