Summary:
LUCKNOW: With focus on ‘gaon, gai and kisan’ (villages, cows and agriculture), the second budget of Yogi Adityanath government, to be tabled on Friday, is likely to set the roadmap for 2019 Lok Sabha elections for BJP. Therefore, one can expect new schemes for dairy development, establishment of cow sheds, and special assistance for cow rearing. It had tied up the hands of the BJP government in the previous budget as a result of it could announced very few welfare schemes. Similarly, the budget may also focus on pilgrimages and religious places with additional funds, beautification, developmental projects and aviation services.After farmers and youth, the budget is also likely to focus on infrastructure — mainly Poorvanchal and Bundelkhand expressways, apart from Metros in Kanpur, Meerut and Agra. Besides, budgetary allocations for industries are likely to be hiked substantially as the government is aggressively wooing investors through special packages and concessions in view of the investor’s summit to be held February 21-22.The size of Yogi government’s first budget last year was Rs 3.84 lakh crore..