Yogi’s Budget

The second Budget of the Yogi Aditynath government will be tabled in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Friday.The Budget for FY 2018-19, estimated to be around ~4 trillion, will be tabled in the Assembly by state finance minister Rajesh Agarwal, said Principal Secretary Pradeep Kumar Dubey in Lucknow. The Budget session is likely to end on March 16. After the Budget is tabled, the Assembly will be adjourned for nine days owing to the BJP government’s much publicised 'UP Investors Summit’ to be held on February 21-22, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend. The Assembly will again commence on February 26 and after three sittings, it will be adjourned for Holi from March 1 to 4. The House will again meet for eight sittings and on March 16, the session will wrap up with the approval of the annual budget and related appropriation bills.