The Yogi Adityanath government has tabled a Supplementary Budget of more than Rs 24,496 crore in the Uttar Pradesh assembly.
The Supplementary Budget was presented yesterday by UP finance minister Suresh Khanna in the state legislature for the current financial year 2025-26.
Since the UP Annual Budget 2025-26, which was tabled on February 20, 2025 amounted to Rs 8.08 trillion, the state's total Budget size for the current fiscal has now burgeoned to more than Rs 8.32 trillion.
In his address, Khanna said the Supplementary Budget would provide funds to all key sectors and departments including industrial development, energy, health, urban development, sugarcane etc.
The current Supplementary Budget comprises revenue and capital heads of Rs 18,369 crore and Rs 6,127 crore respectively.
It proposes Rs 4,874 crore and Rs 4,521 crore for industrial development and energy respectively.
Moreover, the state health sector and urban development have been allocated Rs 3,500 crore and Rs 1,758 crore respectively.
While technical education will receive a funding of almost Rs 640 crore, the women and child development head have been given Rs 535 crore.
Similarly, state green interface UP New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (NEDA) and medical education have been allocated Rs 500 crore and Rs 423 crore respectively in the Supplementary Budget.
The sugarcane and sugar sector have been given an additional budget of Rs 400 crore.
Meanwhile, the UP Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) has been estimated at more than Rs 31 trillion.
Supplementary Budget is tabled to get legislative approval for additional or contingency expenses during the course of a financial year for ongoing as well as new projects.
In recent years, the Yogi government has been generously allocating funds for mega projects pertaining to infrastructure, agriculture, social sector, rural development, industry, tourism etc to propel its ambitious $1 trillion economy target.
The current winter session of the bicameral UP legislature, which has two houses viz. Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad, started on December 19 (Friday).
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