BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

WOMEN AND CHILD WELFARE

₹1200 crore for new scheme, Kanya Sumangala Yojana, which will start from next fiscal.

₹4,004 crore for nutrition programme.

₹1,410 crore for sustenance of destitute widows and educating their children.

₹ 1,988 crore for honorarium to Anganwadi workers and assistants. ₹ 335 crore for National Nutrition Mission and Rs 200 crore for Shabri Sankalp Abhiyaan.

₹156 cr under Kishori Balika Yojana. ₹103.7 cr for Mahila Samman Kosh.

SOCIAL WELFARE:

₹ 4,433 crore under scholarship scheme for poor students. ₹2,570 crore under the Old Age and Farmers’ Pension Scheme. ₹250 cr under the Mukhya Mantri Samuhik Vivah Yojana for marriage of girls belonging to BPL families. ₹500 crore under the National Family Benefit Scheme.

WELFARE OF BACKWARD CLASS

₹600 crore under Fee Reimbursement Scheme.

MINORITIES WELFARE

₹942 crore under scholarship scheme for students belonging to minority community.

₹459 crore for modernisation of Arabi-Farsi madsarsas.

SHELTER HOMES FOR MENTALLY ILL

₹18 crore for 7 shelter homes for mentally ill, deaf and dumb people.

TOURISM

₹125 cr for infrastructural facilities at UP Brij Tirtha.

₹101 cr for integrated development of major tourist places in Ayodhya.

₹27 cr for integrated development of major tourist places in Garh Mukteshwar.

₹70 cr for implementation of Tourism Policy-2018 and Rs 50 crore for pro-poor tourism. Development of Vindhyachal, Naimisharanya, Sarnath, Shravasti, Kushinagar, Kapilvastu, Kaushambi and Sankisa under Buddhist Circuit.

SPORTS

₹205.81 cr allocation for sports. ₹6.36 cr for covering of the all-weather swimming pool at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium.

₹50 lakh has been allocated for the repair of swimming pool at Prayagraj.