U.P. Finance Minister tables Budget FY24 in State Assembly
The Hindu
The “development-oriented” Budget has a focus on infrastructure
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna on Wednesday tabled the "development-oriented" Budget 2023-24 in the State Legislative Assembly with a focus on infrastructure.
Targeting youths, the budget made provision of ₹1,050 crore under the "Chief Minister Kanya Sumangala Yojana", ₹4,032 crore for destitute widows and ₹600 crore for the "Samuhik Vivah" scheme for the marriage of girls of all classes.
The Finance Minister proposed ₹150 crore for the marriage grant scheme for daughters of poor people belonging to other backward classes.
For providing tablets and smartphones to eligible students under Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Scheme, a provision of ₹3,600 crore has been made in the budget for the financial year 2023-24.
On the infrastructure front, the Finance Minister proposed a provision of over ₹21,159 crore for the construction of roads and bridges, and ₹6,209 crore for their maintenance.
Mr. Khanna said ₹3,473 crore is proposed for the work of bridges and roads for agricultural marketing facilities and ₹1,525 crore for roads in rural areas.
While ₹1,700 crore is proposed for the construction of railway overhead bridges and ₹1,850 crore for other bridges, the budget proposed ₹2,588 crore for widening/strengthening and new works of State highways.