UP Budget session: Covid-19 norms go for a toss at Vidhan Sabha
UP Budget session: Covid-19 norms go for a toss at Vidhan Sabha
With the Budget session underway, several Uttar Pradesh MLAs on Tuesday entered the premises without wearing a mask. When asked, some MLAs said that there was no coronavirus in the state.
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UPDATED: February 23, 2021 16:33 IST
Most UP MLAs were on Tuesday either seen without a mask or not wearing it properly. (India Today Photo)
Ahead of the Budget Session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, instructions were given to the members of the House to strictly follow Covid-19 protocols. As the House convened on Tuesday, several public representatives were found flouting Covid-19 norms.
यूपी सरकार ने वर्ष 2021-22 के लिए अपनी सरकार का अब तक का सबसे बड़ा बजट पेश कर दिया है। इस बजट का आकार 5 लाख 50 हजार 270 करोड़ 78 लाख रुपये है। बजट में 27 हजार 598 करोड़ 40 लाख (27,598.40 करोड़) रुपये की नई योजनाएं शामिल की गई हैं।
UP Budget 2021-22: Khel khatam, paisa hajam Akhilesh Yadav said on budget.
Lucknow:
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav criticised the budget presented by the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday, saying expectations of the poor and the farmers were not met.
The Yogi Adityanath government presented a Rs 5.5 lakh crore budget for 2021-22 in the Assembly with a target of making Uttar Pradesh self-reliant. With the Assembly election a year away, the budget includes new schemes of Rs 27,598 crore.
Khel khatam, paisa hajam Mr Yadav said when asked about the budget.
This was the fifth and last budget of the government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his game is over now, the SP leader said.
Highlights
The Budget session of UP legislature began on Thursday
New Delhi: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will present the Budget for the financial year 2021-22 in the state assembly on Monday (February 22).
Taking a cue from the Union Budget, the Budget in the state will also be presented in a paperless mode.
The state legislative assembly speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit on Sunday said that everything including the agenda of the House, and questions and answers will become paperless. There is a plan to implement the e-Vidhan in all the legislative assemblies of the country. It will be implemented in Uttar Pradesh as well, and the required money for its implementation will also be paid by us. For this project, the Union Parliamentary Affairs minister has been made the nodal, said Dixit.
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.