UP FM presents Rs 7.36 l-cr budget
Prioritising infrastructure development as well as welfare of women, youths and farmers
PTI
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday presented the budget for financial year 2024-25 with an allocation of Rs 7.36 lakh crore, prioritising infrastructure development as well as welfare of women, youths and farmers. The budget has set the target of 5.1 per cent growth rate for the agriculture sector in the State, while allocating Rs 4,000 crore for distribution of tablets/smart phones to students and Rs 1,750 crore for the development of 'dharmarthmarg' (roads to religious places). It has provided Rs 100 crore to the State's culture department for organising Mahakumbh-2025.
An additional Rs 2,500 crore has been allocated to the urban development department with a view to develop world-class infrastructure in cities. The policies of the State are particularly dedicated to the upliftment of the youth, women, farmers, and the underprivileged sections, the Uttar Pradesh government said. With an aim to achieve a 5.1 per cent growth in agriculture, a provision of Rs 460 crore has been made for three new agriculture-related schemes. An outlay of Rs 2,400 crore has been proposed for providing electricity at concessional rates to private tube wells of farmers.
The amount is 25 per cent more than the budget for the same provided in the current financial year. Khanna said that Rs 449.45 crore has been proposed for the implementation of PM Kusum Yojana, which is more than double than the allocation for the ongoing fiscal. Under the central government's rural job guarantee programme MGNREGA, the state generated 28.68 crore man-days and provided employment to 75,24,000 workers during the current financial year. The target is to create 33 crore man-days in the financial year 2024-2025.
The budget has proposed Rs 4,000 crore for distribution of tablets/smart phones under Swami Vivekananda Yuva Sashaktikaran Yojana. In the current year, more than 25 lakh tablets/smartphones have already been distributed, and the process is ongoing. Over Rs 2,057 crore has been proposed for the Ganga Expressway project, which is more than double as compared to the current year. Rs 500 crore has been proposed for the construction of a new link expressway to connect the Agra-Lucknow Expressway and Purvanchal Expressway.
