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UP tobacco traders protest 85 percent pictorial health warning rule

Traders demanded probe into the alleged 'motives' behind the new rule mandating implementing of 85% graphic health warning on tobacco products

Water purifier market growing at 24%; sales to hit 2.5 mn units in 2 yrs

However, penetration is still low at 1%, though awareness is rising in cities such as Agra, Jodhpur, Varanasi and Udaipur

Election year: Five-fold increase in UP information department Budget

Against the budget of Rs 77.45 cr during 2014-15, the revised estimates for 2015-16 stand at Rs 350 cr

Piyush Goyal promises electricity to all UP households by 2019

Says no shortage of coal in thermal plants in India, including UP; Centre ready to help state govt meet its energy needs

Tractor industry expects 10% growth on good monsoon forecast

Optimism follows two years of drought and a sales dip of 10% in calendar 2015

UP funneled Rs 13,000 cr to MSMEs during 11th Plan

Sector that contributes 60% to state's annual industrial output employs 9.2 mn people and generates economic activity worth Rs 1,20,000 cr annually

Bajaj Group to become UP's biggest private power producer

1,980 mw plant in Lalitpur ready for full commissioning

BSNL to double wi-fi network in UP

At present, the state-run telecom giant operates wi-fi hotspots at 14 locations across Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi

Global IT giants handhold MSMEs in Uttar Pradesh

Offering domain expertise to prepare them compete at national and international levels

Akhilesh Yadav confident of returning to power in 2017

Completes 4 years in office today

UP seeks Rs 5,000 cr central aid for Lucknow-Ballia Expressway

Samajwadi govt had on several previous occasions said state would fund the Rs 18,000 cr project from its own resources

UP mulling policies on defence manufacturing, startups

State is also working on ensuring self-sufficiency in power by December 2017, says industrial secretary

Akhilesh Yadav rolls out red carpet to UP's diaspora

State to organise maiden UP Pravasi Diwas at Agra from today

Akhilesh's race with time

UP's youngest-ever CM, governing since 2012 in the shadow of his father and uncles, needs to show he's in control and ensure a connect with citizens on development, with polls barely a year away

MSME body opposes Payment of Bonus Amendment Bill 2015

Says retrospective implementation of the Bill to have 'disastrous consequences' on MSMEs

UP looking at Rs 40,000-cr investment in renewable energy

The state signed up MoU and PPA with several private and public sector companies for setting up renewable energy plants, especially in solar energy space

Manufacturers of polythene bags in UP oppose ban

Plastic carry bag manufacturing estimated at Rs 5,000 cr in UP

UP rural credit projected at Rs 1,78,000 crore during 2016-17

This implies higher credit flow to the rural economy and capital formation in the farm and allied sectors

Microsoft targets 20,000 MSMEs in UP under its Cloud tech

UP is home to over 3 million MSMEs across verticals, including product and region specific industrial clusters spread across the state

Ratan Tata waxes eloquent on UP, Akhilesh

Says UP misunderstood and underplayed