Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna on Thursday tabled Yogi Adityanath’s second term government’s maiden budget of over Rs 6.15 lakh crore in the state assembly.
The Rs 6,15,518.97 crore budget for the financial year 2022-23 has a provision of Rs 39,181.10 crore for the new schemes. The Adityanath government had presented a Rs 5,50,270.78 crore budget for the financial year 2021-22.
The economy of the state is improving rapidly. We believe that we will be successful in taking the state’s economy to USD 1 trillion, Khanna said while tabling the budget.
Seated next to the chief minister, Khanna said Rs 276.66 crore is proposed for Uttar Pradesh special security force entrusted with the task of security of courts and historical and religious places, including Ayodhya, Kashi and Mathura.
Under the Police Emergency Management System, he said, the second phase of the 112 scheme will start this fiscal and for this, a provision of Rs 730.88 crore is proposed for its strengthening.
For women, Khanna said, the budget has proposed setting up cyber help desks at the district level and a provision of Rs 72.50 crore has been made for the women empowerment scheme.
A provision of Rs 20 crore has been proposed for the safety and empowerment of women and skill development under the Mission Shakti programme in the micro and small scale industries sector, he added.
For farmers, the budget proposed Rs 650 crore under the farmers’ accident scheme. There is a provision to provide a maximum of Rs 5 lakh in case of accidental death/disability under the scheme.
Khanna said 15,000 solar pumps will be installed in the financial year 2022-23 and 60.20 lakh quintal seeds are proposed to be distributed to farmers.
