Revised with important addition (2nd para) Gorakhpur: Sadhna Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and daughter-in-law of late UP chief mi.
GORAKHPUR: The Union Budget 2021 was hailed by both industrialists and people at large in Gorakhpur, with most saying that it will help make the country self-reliant, though Opposition leaders termed it unsatisfactory.
Former president of chamber of industries, S K Agarwal said, “The hike of 137% in health budget and 35% increase in the provision of capital investment than last budget will provide relief, spur growth and increase employment.”
“The proposed road construction will help in crating the basic infrastructure further and 100% electrification of railways by 2023 will be good for environment conservation and will bring down logistics costs. The budget stresses on most sectors, including agriculture, education, environment, textile industry and will promote local manufacturing as duty on imports has been increased,” he added.
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SP workers hold demonstrations in UP backing farmers’ demand Outlook December 14, 2020 20:45 IST SP workers hold demonstrations in UP backing farmers’ demand outlookindia.com 1970-01-01T05:30:00+0530
(Eds: Recasting intro, adding details) Lucknow, Dec 14 (PTI) The Samajwadi Party workers on Monday held demonstrations in various places of Uttar Pradesh in support of agitating farmers demand to scrap the three central farm laws and clashed with police at some places in the state. In Lucknow, the SP workers clashed with police in the Kaisarbagh area on being stopped from proceeding to the district collectorate. Several SP workers, including women, were also taken into custody.