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Uttar Pradesh is now focusing on tangible results from its Rs 40 lakh crore investment pledges made at GIS 2023. Projects in defence, electronics, data centres, and food processing are progressing from MoUs to actual facilities, promising job creation and economic growth.

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Uttarakhand faces a growing 'ghost village' crisis as over 1,700 villages become uninhabited. Livelihood scarcity, climate change, and fading traditions drive migration, leaving behind elderly residents and silent fields. Experts emphasize the need for imaginative solutions beyond infrastructure to revive rural life and make villages aspirational again.

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The process of land use conversion from agriculture to non-agriculture in the district will be a simple affair henceforth.