UP government presents 2018-19 budget

LUCKNOW:On February 16, an amount of Rs 4,28,384.52 crore was allocated by the Uttar Pradesh government in its second annual budget.

State Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal said that the amount has been increased by 11.4% as compared to last year. Last year Rs3.48 lakh crore was allocated, this year the funds have been increased with new schemes worth Rs 14,341.89crore.

The budgetproposed new schemes worth Rs 14,341.89 crore, Rs 13,717 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Rs 6,000 crore for the Swachh Bharat Mission.

A provision of Rs 1,650 crore has been made for the Smart City Mission scheme, Rs 1,100 crore for Swachh Bharat Mission (urban), Rs 5000 crore for Swachh Bharat Mission (rural) and Rs 2200 crore for the Amrit Scheme.

For the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Rs 2,217 crore has been earmarkedfor the urban poor, while for rural areas it is Rs 11,500 crore.

The minister said that Lal Bahadur Shastri’s Varanasi home will be turned into a museum.

Agarwal further said that Rs 650 crore has been allocated for Bundelkhand Expressway, Rs 550 for Gorakhpur Link Expressway and Rs 1,000 crore for Poorvanchal Expressway. The government has also allocated Rs 500 crore for the existing Lucknow-Agra Expressway.

Rs 250 crore has been allocated for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor Regional Rapid Transit project and Rs 500 crore for the metro projects.