On the first day of the winter session of Uttar Pradesh legislature, Finance Minister Suresh Khanna presented a supplementary budget of Rs 33,789 crore in the assembly.
UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya presented the supplementary budget in the legislative council.
The government has sought Rs 14,000 crore for new schemes in the supplementary budget of the fiscal 2022-23.
The supplementary budget also proposes Rs 296 crore for organising the upcoming Global Investors’ Summit to be held in Uttar Pradesh in February, 2023 and Rs 899 crore for Smart City project.
A provision of Rs 200 crore has been made for the Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti Yojana and Rs 100 crore for startups and incubators.
The budget makes the highest provision of Rs 8,000 crore for industrial development authorities to develop private industrial parks and hubs.
Besides, the supplementary budget proposes Rs 521 crore for organising Prayagraj Kumbh on a grand note and Rs 400 crore for the construction of court complexes in 10 districts under a pilot project.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's ambitious CM fellowship scheme has also been taken care of in the supplementary budget, while financial proposals have been made for furthering Swachh Bharat Mission, Amrit Yojana, Smart City project and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
Moreover, the budget provides Rs 2,000 crore for widening and strengthening of roads and Rs 300 crore for distribution of free tablets and smartphones to the youth. The budget proposes Rs 5 crore for the establishment of a music college at Hariharpur in Azamgarh.
Apart from this, the general budget for the financial year 2022-23 passed earlier was of Rs 6,15,518.97 lakh crore. Including the supplementary budget, it will be around 6,70,000 crore, which is a record in itself.
While presenting the general budget, the finance minister had said in the House that the total revenue receipts were estimated at Rs 5,90,951 crore.
Of the total receipts, Rs 4,99,212 crore would come from revenue and include capital receipts of Rs 91,739 crore.
The chief minister later inaugurated the ruling party and opposition lobbies in the mandap of UP assembly, in addition to the new corridor in Vidhan Bhawan. Proper seating arrangements have been made in both the lobbies while pictures of former MLAs along with ruling party and opposition MLAs are displayed on its walls.
Meanwhile, the members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, paid tributes to Mulayam Singh Yadav on the first day of the winter session.
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, who served as chief minister for three consecutive terms, passed away on October 10 at the age of 83.
With Mulayam Singh Yadav’s death, an era in Indian politics has come to an end, Yogi Adityanath said.
“Mulayam Singh Yadav came from a humble background, was down to earth and had vast experience and contributions to Indian politics. His achievements in the social and political fields have been extraordinary,” he said.
The SP patriarch’s son and party president Akhilesh Yadav as well as party MLA Shivpal Singh Yadav were not present in the House due to voting in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll on Monday.
SP chief whip Manoj Pandey said, “An era of socialism has come to an end with the death of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Netaji’s personality was multifaceted, extraordinary and vast. He worked to take forward and strengthen the socialist thinking and politics laid by the great leaders of socialist ideology. Mulayam Singh Yadav worked for the welfare of the people and the development of the state as a sensitive public representative,” he said.
Paying tribute to the former chief minister, Apna Dal (Sonelal) leader Ashish Patel said that his death had created a void in Indian politics and socialist ideology.
Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajay Kumar said Mulayam Singh Yadav took forward the fight for socialism.
NISHAD Party member Sanjay Nishad, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar, Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra, Jansatta Dal Loktantrik leader Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, Bahujan Samaj Party member Umashankar Singh, former assembly speaker Mata Prasad Pandey and SP member Mehboob Ali also paid tributes to Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Mulayam Singh Yadav was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 10 times and an MP on seven occasions. He was also the defence minister of the country.