With stability funds for the minimum support price of perishable crops and sanction of 15,000 solar pumps for the development and beautification of tourism facilities in Varanasi and Ayodhya, the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government on Friday tabled a budget of ₹6.15 lakh crore.
Mr. Adityanath said the budget, his sixth since 2017, kept in mind the “overall development” of the State and of all sections. The budget reflected the philosophy of the BJP’s Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra, its election manifesto, he said. Out of the 130 resolutions mentioned in it, 97 were addressed in the budget, he said.
In the last six years, the unemployment rate in UP dropped from 18% to 2.9%, State finance minister Suresh Khanna said, as he presented the budget for the year 2022-2023.
