Yogi Adityanath's mantra for good governance – money not needed to bring about a change

Lucknow: Ever since taking charge as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, saint-politician Yogi Adityanath has been working tirelessly to bring about a change in the country’s most populous state, and, that too, even without holding a single meeting of his Cabinet.

Another interesting aspect of the decisions – most of them have created ripples in the political community and society at large – taken by the Yogi Adtiyanath government is that no single penny has been spent so far.

From his first day in office till this week, the firebrand BJP leader, who now heads a 47-member Cabinet, has touched almost all sectors be it law and order, safety of women, austerity drive, ban on   cow slaughter etc.

While Yogi Adityanath government's crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses created ripples across the state, steps aimed at making the bureaucracy more responsive towards people and bringing transparency in the governance have been lauded.

Here are some of the best known decisions of the Yogi Adityanath government:-

-Timely implementation of the promises made in the BJP’s vision document - Sankalp Patra - for the 2017 state assembly elections.

-Improving the law and order situation in the state.

-Action against cow vigilantes and moral policing brigade.

-Direction to ministers to disclose their incomes within the next 15 days and submit the details to the CM secretariat and the BJP office.

-Gag on ministers making irresponsible statements.

-Directions for ministers not to take Govt files home. 

-Crackdown on the VIP culture in the state. The CM ordered that no minister in the state will be allowed to use the red beacons atop vehicles. 

-Setting up of 'anti-Romeo squads' aimed at preventing harassment of women in public places.

-Shutting down of illegal slaughterhouses to keep in check the unhygienic conditions in the overcrowded marketplaces.

-Banning of pan masala and polyethene in government buildings

-Announcing Metro Rail project in Allahabad, Meerut, Agra, Gorakhpur 

-Making all state roads pothole-free by June.

-Increasing the grant for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.

-Directions for the construction of Mansarovar Bhavan near New Delhi for pilgrims.

-Compulsory presence of female, male police officials at the reception of each police station. 

-Uninterrupted supply of electricity to devotees during Navaratara and Ram Navmi.

-Reviewing of security arrangements given to political leaders

-Installation of CCTV cameras at government offices

-Proper drinking facilities at every police station.

-Effective monitoring of the social media for timely police intervention in incidents that could disrupt communal harmony in the state. 

-Disbanding the services of all advisers, vice-chairmen and chairmen appointed by the previous SP government in different departments and corporations. 

-Allotment of land for the construction of a huge Ramayana Museum in Ayodhya. 

-Teachers can't wear T-shirts in schools.

-Restriction on teachers for using mobile phones unnecessarily in schools.

-Making all cooperative societies functional.

-Citizen's charter for quick disposal of people's problems.

With Agency inputs