Rs.3.02 Lakh Crore UP Budget Presented

Posted on 25th Feb 2015 10:46 am by mohit kumar

Lucknow, Feb 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday presented a Rs.3.02 lakh crore budget for the state for 2015-16 -- 10.2 percent above the previous year's proposals.

The chief minister -- who also holds the finance portfolio -- said his fourth budget reflected the state government's willingness to strengthen and expand infrastructures in the state.

Rs.12,000 crore has been earmarked for roads and bridges while Rs.200 crore for removal of slums from urban areas in 21 cities and Rs.400 crore for cleaning up of Gomti river.

A budgetary provision of Rs.1,533 crore has been done for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Rs.2,776 crore for minority welfare, Rs.3,000 crore has been allocated for the six-lane Agra-Lucknow Expressway.

A budgetary allocation of Rs.425 crore has been made for the ongoing project of Lucknow Metro Rail and Rs.587 crore for medicines.

The chief minister also announced that the state government has proposed to increase the retirement age of medical teachers to 65 years.

The budget has also set a target of 2100 MW power generation by the end of the fiscal year and has marked Rs.5,840 crore for family welfare and Rs.2,727 crore for the Samajwadi pension scheme and Rs.100 crore for the free laptop scheme.

The fiscal deficit has touched 2.96 percent and the growth recorded over the last year was five percent, which, the officials said was more than the national average.

Other news

Delhi minister Satyendar Jain will remain in jail, for now, court extends judicial custody till July 20

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi government minister Satyendar Jain, arrested in the money

Mukesh Ambani's salary is 1.25 crores/month, wife Nita Ambani's is so much

Mukesh Ambani is a well-known industrialist of the country and the world. He is the chairman of R

Waqf Law: AIMPLB raised its voice in Delhi; and said- the country will be run by the constitution and not by the party's manifesto

Amidst the ongoing tussle over the new Waqf law, Muslim organizations on Tuesday demonstrated the

Pahalgam Attack: When Eshanya pleaded with the terrorists, they said- we will see you later, Shubham's sister reveals- the horse owners...

There is anger among the family members after the killing of Kanpur resident Shubham Dwivedi in t

Why fire in Uttarakhand's forests? Several hectares of forest wealth destroyed

The forest fires in Uttarakhand are now becoming uncontrollable. The government is taking several

National Herald Case: Enforcement Directorate questioned Rahul Gandhi for more than nine hours, ED called even today

The ED questioned Rahul Gandhi for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in the money laundering

CBSE 10th exams canceled, all students will be promoted; 12th exam postponed, the decision on this on June 1

Because of the increasing cases of Corona, the government has deferred CBSE 10th and 12th examina

Corona remains a record every day, 6654 new cases and 137 deaths in 24 hours in the country, know top 10 states including Delhi-Maharashtra

Corona virus cases are increasing every day in India and every day it is making a record of most

Harshvardhan Kapoor to clash with father Anil Kapoor in Netflix film 'Thar', to be released soon

Famous OTT platform Netflix has announced its revenge-thriller film named 'Thar'. Netflix has sha

Atishi Hunger Strike: Atishi's hunger strike ends, the water minister was on a hunger strike for 5 days demanding water from Haryana

Delhi's Water Minister Atishi, who was on an indefinite hunger strike demanding water from the Ha