UP budget : Opposition says not in interest of people

Jubilee News Desk

Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna tabled the budget on Thursday. The Rs 6,15,518.97 crore budget of Yogi Adityanath’s second term has a provision of Rs 39,181.10 crore for new schemes. In the years 2021-22, the state government had presented a Rs 5,50,270.78 crore budget.

Suresh Khanna, while tabling the budget, said, “The economy of the state is improving and we believe that we will be successful in taking the state’s economy to USD 1 trillion.”

The budget proposes Rs 276.66 crore for Uttar Pradesh special security force entrusted with the task of security of courts and historical and religious places, including Ayodhya, Kashi and Mathura.

Opposition slammed the Uttar Pradesh budget, with Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav calling it statistical web. “This is sixth budget of this government for sake of it. But nothing has increased in it rather everything has been reduced.

People’s interest is missing while department shall benefit. Its not budget but distribution.”
BSP chief Mayawati said it is a cliched exercise and lacks measures in public interest.

A simple explanation of state budget 

• # The Budget size for the year is Rs. 06 lakh 15 thousand 518 crore 97 lakh
• # The budget includes new schemes of Rs. 39 thousand 181 crore 10 lakh
• # Rs 276 crore 66 lakh provided for setting up UP Special Security Force
• # Strengthening of Police Emergency Management System proposed with Rs 730 crore 88 lakh.
• # Under Safe City Scheme, women safety programmes to be launched in Lucknow, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Agra, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj with Rs 523 crore 34 lakh
• # Rs. 250 crore for safety equipment, arms and ammunition for district police stations
• # Rs. 800 crore for police housing, Rs. 800 crore for non-residential buildings,
• # Rs. 300 crore for residential/non-residential buildings in newly-created districts, and Rs. 65 crore 70 lakh for purchasing land for Police Lines in newly-created districts.
• # Rs. 20 crore proposed under Mission Shakti programmes. Three Women’s PAC battalions to be constituted in Lucknow, Gorakhpur and Budaun
• # Cyber Help Desks to be set up at the district level in all districts of the state
• # Rs 7053 crore 56 lakh made for Old Age Pension scheme.
• # An amount of Rs. 620 crore proposed for PM Atmnirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana
• # An amount of Rs. 560 crore proposed under Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
• # An amount of Rs. 250 crore proposed for Ayushman Bharat-Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
• # Rs 320 crore 07 lakh proposed for PM Matritwa Vandana Yojana.
• # Rs 100 crore proposed for State Employees Cashless Medical Scheme.
• # Rs 50 crore provided for giving both dose of HPV vaccine to 1 lakh girls of age group 9-14 years
• # Rs. 50 crore proposed for construction of Drug Laboratories and Divisional
• # Rs. 25 crore proposed for setting up super speciality hospitals in border and other areas of the state.
• # Rs 500 crore provided for increasing MBBS and PG seats in state
• # An amount of Rs. 50 crore proposed for running of Autonomous State Medical Colleges
• # Rs. 25 crore for setting up Nursing College.
• # Rs. 100 crore 45 lakh provided for establishing Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University in Lucknow
• # Rs. 2100 crore provided for setting up new medical colleges in 14 districts.