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UP to explore alternative revenue sources to boost cash flow under lockdown

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Recently, Adityanath had directed officials to prepare post-covid economic strategy, including attracting investment from leading industrialised nations

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath has asked officials to explore alternative sources of revenue to counter the negative impact of lockdown on the state’s coffers.

Chairing a review meeting in Lucknow today, Adityanath said a special committee be set up to prepare a roadmap to increase the state’s revenues and boost cash flow from alternative sources.

“UP is among the few states that has neither cut nor delayed salary payments to its employees,” UP additional chief secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi told the media in Lucknow this evening. "For example, the housing department had been asked to expedite the process of free holding