Home India UP Budget 2019 HIGHLIGHTS: Yogi govt allocates nearly Rs 450 crore for gaushalas, Rs 459 cr for madrasa modernisation

UP Budget 2019 HIGHLIGHTS: Yogi govt allocates nearly Rs 450 crore for gaushalas, Rs 459 cr for madrasa modernisation

UP Budget 2019 Highlights: At Rs.4.79 lakh crore, the UP budget for 2019-20 is 12 per cent higher than the previous year's budget of Rs. 4,28,384.52 crore.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Assembly, Thursday. (Photo credit: Express photo/Vishal Srivastav)

UP Budget 2019: The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government allocated Rs 247 crore for maintenance and construction of gaushalas in rural areas, and Rs 200 crore for Kanha Gaushala and Destitute Cattle Shelter Scheme in urban areas in its Rs 4.79 lakh crore budget for 2019-20.

The annual budget was presented by state Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was present in the House when the finance minister read out the budget speech. In his speech, Agarwal mentioned a number of new populist schemes. This is the third budget of the Adityanath government in the state.

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UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (Photo by Vishal Srivastav/ File ) UP Budget LIVE updates: Opposition members created uproar in the first day of the budget session against Governor Ram Naik. Legislators including those from the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress, started raising slogans against the government and shouted 'rajyapal wapas Jao (Governor Go Back)' as soon as Naik began addressing the state legislature. SP members hurled paper balls at the podium, but Naik continued to address the House, with staff using cardboard files to deflect the paper balls. In his 28-pages address, Naik said there has been "considerable improvement in the law and order (situation) in the state".

"Now, the common man is fear free and women are not afraid of coming out of their houses even during the night," he said. The address also mentioned the ongoing Kumbh and highlighted works being done by the state government for organising the mega event. Justifying the renaming of districts in the state, he said that "by changing name of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Faizabad to Ayodhya, my government has restored their cultural names." On farmer's welfare, Naik said, "A record purchase of 52.92 lakh metric tonnes of wheat was made from 11,27,195 farmers under the price support scheme in 2018-19 and online payment of Rs 9231.99 crore was made within 72 hours."

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