The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence in Lucknow on Tuesday, approved 22 proposals, ANI reported. The decisions cover road connectivity, cyber security, staff healthcare, education infrastructure and investment promotion.

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Among the key decisions was approval for four link expressway projects: the Farrukhabad Link Expressway, a link connecting the Agra-Lucknow Expressway with the Purvanchal Expressway, the Jhansi Link Expressway and the Jewar Link Expressway, aimed at strengthening road connectivity across the state.

The Cabinet also approved a cyber security operations centre in Uttar Pradesh through IIT Kanpur's C3iHub, the promulgation of the Uttar Pradesh Inland Vessels Rules, 2026, and a proposal under the State Livestock Mission.

On healthcare, PTI reported that cashless treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh will cover 1,70,366 non-teaching employees in secondary and basic education, with the government spending about Rs 51.11 crore a year on insurance premiums — yaani roughly Rs 0.51 billion a year. Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said 48,062 secondary-education staff would be covered at an estimated Rs 14.41 crore a year and 1,22,304 basic-education staff at Rs 36.69 crore a year, with a government contribution of Rs 3,000 per beneficiary, according to PTI.

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Other approvals included free transfer of 9.524 hectares of land for a Sainik School in Mainpuri, free land for warehouses in Jhansi and Lalitpur, financial approval for 845 residential units for High Court officials in Prayagraj, selection of a master developer for the PM MITRA Mega Textile Park proposed across 1,000 acres in Lucknow and Hardoi, a PRAGATI Robotics Park, and expenditure proposals for seven sewerage and drinking-water projects in Lucknow and Varanasi, ANI reported.