The budget was presented by finance minister Suresh Kumar Khanna.
LUCKNOW: With a target of making Uttar Pradesh atmanirbhar , the Yogi Adityanath government on Monday presented a Rs 5,50,270.78 crore budget for financial year 2021-22 in the state assembly.
With assembly elections in the state less than a year away, the budget includes new schemes of Rs 27,598.40 crore, with infrastructure development bagging the lion s share.
The budget was presented by finance minister Suresh Kumar Khanna, in the presence of the chief minister, is over Rs 37,410 crore more than the previous year s budget size, making it the largest fund allocation in the state.
Besides the provision for the Ayodhya airport which will subsequently be made an international airport, the budget also provides for Rs 2,000 crore for increasing the number of airstrips at Jewar Airport from 2 to 6.
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New Delhi: The Yogi Adityanath-led government Monday presented Rs 5,50,270.78 crore budget for 2021-22 in the State Assembly. With the Assembly election a year away, the budget includes new schemes of Rs 27,598 crore. In the state Budget, Rs 101 crore has been allotted for the construction of Maryada Purushottam Shriram Airport in Ayodhya. A total of Rs 2,000 crore have been allotted for the construction of airports at Jewar, Chitrakoot and Sonbhadra.
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