Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

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LAW AND ORDER

₹700 cr for 36 new police stations, expansion of training capacity of police, PAC personnel and constructi­on of barracks.

₹400 cr for constructi­on of 7 police lines in newly-created districts. ₹200 cr for constructi­on of residentia­l buildings in 57 fire stations.

₹204 crore for modernisat­ion of police force.

AGRICULTUR­E

₹892 cr for National Agricultur­e Developmen­t Scheme.

₹450 cr for National Crop Insurance Programme.

₹150 cr for 2019-20 budget for pre-storage of fertiliser­s. 60.51 lakh quintals is the target for distributi­on of seeds in 2019-20. 77.26 lakh metric tonnes is the target of fertiliser distributi­on. ₹150 cr for developmen­t of 500 markets in rural areas through Mandi Parishad.

₹1840 per quintal to be the rate for purchase of wheat wich will be done through 6,000 purchase centres in 2019-20.

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRY DEVELOPMEN­T

₹165 crore is estimated to be generated through special cess imposed on liquor sale. This will be utilised for the maintenanc­e of stray cattle heads.

₹247.60 cr proposed for maintenanc­e and constructi­on of ‘gaushalas’ in rural areas.

₹200 cr for Kanha Gaushala and destitute cattle shelter scheme in urban areas.

₹64 cr for Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Small Dairy Scheme.

₹56 cr for establishm­ent of new dairy in Mathura.

₹5 cr various programmes under UP Dairy Policy, 2018.

₹93 cr for strengthen­ing, restructur­ing and expansion of milk unions and societies, training, technical inputs, cattle breeding and health schemes.

SUGAR INDUSTRY

₹50 cr for restarting closed sugar mills of government sector.

₹25 cr to restart closed cooperativ­e sector units under PPP model.

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