Rs 800 crore allocated for Jewar airport in state budget

  • | Friday | 8th February, 2019

Almost one-fifth of the budget, approximately 1 lakh crore, has been earmarked for debt-servicing.As for sectoral allocation, primary education got the biggest chunk of Rs 54,000 crore, followed by scheduled caste development — Rs 26,000 crore. The minister also allocated nearly Rs 3,400 crore for the development of three new expressways — Purvanchal, Bundelkhand and Gorakhpur Link Expressway. With Ganga Experessway already announced last month, the three — along with Lucknow-Agra Expressway — will cover practically the entire state. However, if one adds up the allocations of different departments going to villages — agriculture, irrigation, rural development and panchayati raj — the kitty swells to Rs 62,000 crore, showing the rural push of the Yogi government. However, there was disappointment in store for sugarcane farmers as budget had no specific allocation to clear their staggering dues, a fact highlighted by former CM and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.

GREATER NOIDA: With Lok Sabha elections in sight, finance minister Rajesh Agarwal on Thursday presented UP’s biggest-ever budget which had the distinct mark of chief minister Yogi Adityanath.So, while the government opened its purse strings for big-ticket infrastructure projects and social welfare schemes, there was generous allocation for developing religious sites and development of gaushalas.However, to balance it out and project its intention of ‘inclusive growth’, the government also jacked up allocation for modernisation of madrasas and scholarship for minority students.Agarwal set aside Rs 800 crore for the Jewar international airport project, whose land acquisition process in currently under way. The minister also allocated nearly Rs 3,400 crore for the development of three new expressways — Purvanchal, Bundelkhand and Gorakhpur Link Expressway. With Ganga Experessway already announced last month, the three — along with Lucknow-Agra Expressway — will cover practically the entire state. However, the Ganga Expressway, announced with much fanfare during Kumbh cabinet last months is yet to get a budgetary back up.From the pure statistics point of view, the budget’s size — at Rs 4.79 lakh crore — is approximately 11.4% bigger than the previous one. Almost one-fifth of the budget, approximately 1 lakh crore, has been earmarked for debt-servicing.As for sectoral allocation, primary education got the biggest chunk of Rs 54,000 crore, followed by scheduled caste development — Rs 26,000 crore. However, if one adds up the allocations of different departments going to villages — agriculture, irrigation, rural development and panchayati raj — the kitty swells to Rs 62,000 crore, showing the rural push of the Yogi government. However, there was disappointment in store for sugarcane farmers as budget had no specific allocation to clear their staggering dues, a fact highlighted by former CM and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. tnn

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