Key Highlights
Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna on Monday presented Rs 5,50,270 crore budget for the financial year 2021-22 in the state assembly. Here are the highlights: Rs 10,029 crore for housing, Rs 2,200cr for Amrit Yojna, Rs 2,000 cr for Smart City project, Rs 1,000cr for Mukhya Mantri Samagra Sampada Vikas Yojna, Rs 7,000cr for PM Awas Gramin, Rs 5,000cr for PM Sadak Yojna Rs 3,100 crore for farmers pension Folk artists facing financial crisis will get a monthly assistance of Rs 2,000 Education (An university in every division, Rs 200cr for model colleges in 26 districts) Rs 100 crore for metro rail projects in Varanasi and Gorakhpur
UP Budget 2021 Updates: Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna presents the budget.
The Yogi Adityanath-led government Monday presented Rs 5,50,270.78 crore budget for 2021-22 in the State Assembly. With the Assembly election a year away, the budget includes new schemes of Rs 27,598 crore.
This is also Uttar Pradesh s first paperless budget.
Reading out the budget speech from a laptop, Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said the target was to make Uttar Pradesh Aatmanirbhar and ensure all round development of the state.
Ahead of the presentation of the budget, the state legislative assembly speaker on Sunday said that subsequently everything including the agenda of the House, and questions and answers will become paperless.
The state cabinet had earlier approved the draft ordinance to curb forcible or dishonest religious conversions, including those for the sake of marriage, which could land violators in jail for up to 10 years.
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UP Assembly session from Feb 16
The Budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly will begin on February 16, with Finance Minister Suresh Khanna slated to present the 2021-22 Budget on February 17, official sources said on Tuesday.
The state Cabinet has approved a proposal to this effect, a government spokesman said.
The session will begin with an address by Governor Anandiben Patel to a joint session of the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad.
While experts expect a populist Budget in view of coming state elections, it is also expected that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath s dream project, Ganga Expressway, would get a generous allocation in the budgetary proposals. The 596-km expressway would connect Meerut and Prayagraj.