UP Cabinet meeting: Purvanchal e-way to be extended to Ballia

The Cabinet also approved Zurich Airport International, a Swiss company, as developer for Jewar airport in Gautam Budh Nagar. “Four bids had come for the airport. On the basis of weighted average, Zurich Airport International was chosen. It will give Rs 406 per passenger to the government which is the highest,” Minister Siddharth Nath Singh said.

The Cabinet also gave its nod for expanding the municipal limits of Ayodhya, Gorakhpur and Firozabad. The borders of Lalitpur and Basti districts will also be expanded, the minister said.

“As many as 41 villages have been included in the municipal limits of Ayodhya, and they will be under the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation. Similarly, 31 villages have been included in the municipal limits of Gorakhpur, while one village in Firozabad has come under the Firozabad Municipal Corporation,” Singh said. Thirty-one villages have also been brought under the Kushinagar Municipal Corporation, he added.

The Cabinet also decided to impose 5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on extra neutral alcohol, which is produced during the liquor manufacturing process.