Template:Infobox Government Budget
Akhilesh Yadav, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh announced the Uttar Pradesh Budget for 2016-17 on 12 February 2016. According to the Budget, the year 2016-17 has been announced to be the Year of the Youth and the Farmers. It was presented in Vidhan Sabha, Lucknow before the Governor and joint session of the two Houses. The Template:INRConvert Budget 2016-17 was 14% more than 2015-2016.[1][2]
Key Points
- Total Budget: Template:INRConvert
- Revenue Expenditure: Template:INRConvert
- Capital Expenditure: Template:INR93, 580 crore
- Fiscal Deficit: Template:INR49,960 crore, which is 4.04% of the state's Gross Domestic Product[3]
Allocations
Farmers
Agriculture
Agriculture has been one of the main focuses of the UP Budget 2016-17.
- Provision of Template:INR1,336 crore for payment of cane price arrear to farmers.
- Provision of Template:INR120 crore for constructing and strengthening of link roads to facilitate transportation.
- Money obtained in Farmer Accident Insurance Scheme to increase from Template:INR1 lakhs to Template:INR5 lakhs.[4]
Irrigation
- Target to distribute crop loan of Template:INR93,212 crore for purchase of fertilizers, seeds, etc.
- Template:INR2,157 crore proposed for Sarayu Canal Project in Eastern UP to enable irrigation in 14 lakh hectares of area.
- Template:INR1,52 crore for irrigation schemes of the new programs has been proposed.[5]
Social Security
- A target of covering 55 lakh beneficiaries under Samajwadi Pension Yojna for the year 2016-17 has been set. Template:INR3,327 crore has been proposed for the same.
- Template:INR500 crore proposed for National Family Benefit Scheme.[6]
- Farmer Accident Insurance Scheme replaced with Samajwadi Insurance Scheme.[7]
References
- ↑ 2017 Elections: Akhilesh Yadav Presents 'Populist' Uttar Pradesh Budget. NDTV(12 February 2016).
- ↑ Akhilesh gets poll-ready with populist budget. Press Reader.
- ↑ Akhilesh tables UP's annual Budget of Rs 3.46 lakh cr. Business Standard.
- ↑ Salient Feature of the Budget 2016-17.
- ↑ Akhilesh Yadav presents poll-driven budget, Opposition says 'disappointing'. Dubai Hot News.Template:Dead link
- ↑ UP Budget 2016: Rs 9,660 cr for social security, weaker sections in UP budget. India.com(12 February 2016).
- ↑ UP BUDGET: RS.1,336 CRORE TO SUGARCANE FARMERS. Sugar News(13 February 2016).