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.
This is also Uttar Pradesh's first paperless budget.
Ahead of the presentation of the budget, the state legislative assembly speaker on Sunday said that subsequently everything including the agenda of the House, and questions and answers will become paperless.
All members of the State Legislature have been provided iPads to view the budget highlights which will also be available on two big screens put up in the House.
On February 2, Mr Adityanath had directed that the state cabinet should hold a virtual meeting in the future for which ministers must be given training.
The budget will be available on the 'Uttar Pradesh Government Budget' app and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
Here are the live updates on Uttar Pradesh Budget Session:
"Khel khatam, paisa hajam" Mr Yadav said when asked about the budget.
"Poor and farmers were expecting big relief, but their expectations were not met. Now, the government has no time left and people of the state have seen what they did in the past four years," Mr Yadav added.
We had paperless budget for first time. With 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vishwas', this budget aims to bring, taps, electricity, roads, water in every household, alongside making every village digital. This budget is for youth, women, poor and farmers: CM Yogi Adityanath on State Budget pic.twitter.com/a7xTcP9nhi
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 22, 2021
UP Budget 2021 | The name of the airport under construction in district Ayodhya will be Maryada Purushottam Shriram Airport. I propose a budget provision of Rs 101 crores for it: UP Finance Minister Suresh Khanna pic.twitter.com/Kt4bjsloXF
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 22, 2021
This is the fifth budget of the present government in the state before the state assembly elections early next year.
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna with the budget briefcase. He will table the budget today in UP Assembly.
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 22, 2021
(Pic source: Suresh Khanna's Twitter) pic.twitter.com/EQ3G6V5cZd
This will be Uttar Pradesh's first paperless budget.
State Finance Minister Suresh Khanna is set to present the budget at 11 AM today.
All members of the State Legislature have been provided iPads to view the budget highlights which will also be available on two big screens put up in the House.
The Budget Session was commenced on February 18 with an address by Governor Anandiben Patel to a joint sitting of both houses. The session will continue till March 10.
