Women’s safety, start-ups in focus in UP Budget ’23

THE BUDGET PROPOSES ₹276.66 CR FOR UP SPECIAL SECURITY FORCE ENTRUSTED WITH THE SECURITY OF COURTS AND HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS PLACES, INCLUDING KASHI

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Kumar Khanna on Thursday tabled the Yogi Adityanath-led state government’s first budget of over ₹6.15 lakh crore in the state assembly. The ₹615,518.97 crore budget for the financial year 2022- 23 has a provision of ₹39,181.10 crore for the new schemes.

The Adityanath government had presented a ₹550,270.78 crore budget for the financial year 2021-22.

“The economy of the state is improving rapidly. We believe that we will be successful in taking the state’s economy to USD 1 trillion,” Khanna said while tabling the budget.

Seated next to the chief minisscheme ter, Khanna said ₹276.66 crore is proposed for Uttar Pradesh special security force entrusted with the task of security of courts and historical and religious places, including Ayodhya, Kashi and Mathura.

Under the Police Emergency Management System, he said, the second phase of the 112 will start this fiscal and for this, a provision of ₹730.88 crore is proposed for its strengthening.

For women, Khanna said, the budget has proposed setting up cyber help desks at the district level and a provision of ₹72.50 crore has been made for the women empowerment scheme.

A provision of ₹20 crore has been proposed for the safety and empowerment of women and skill development under the Mission Shakti programme in the micro and small scale industries sector, he added.

For farmers, the budget proposed ₹650 crore under the farmers’ accident scheme. There is a provision to provide a maximum of Rs 5 lakh in case of accidental death/disability under the scheme.