The Yogi government has made provisions worth crores of rupees in the budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 for various schemes aimed at boosting religious tourism and enhancing civic amenities in the Varanasi division and Vindhya regions. In this sequence, a budget of Rs 400 crore has been released for the establishment of a medical college in Varanasi, Rs 100 crore for ropeway and infrastructure projects and Rs 150 crore for land acquisition for the establishment of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). Kashi is an example of ancient culture Referring to Kashi-Ayodhya in the budget speech, Finance Minister Suresh Khanna…
Author: Aruna Sharma
The Yogi government has allocated a substantial budget of Rs 27,086 crores for the Health and Family Welfare sector in the financial year 2024-25. With this, the state government aims to strengthen the health infrastructure along with providing quality and affordable healthcare to the residents of the state. This budget will give impetus to all the public welfare schemes including National Rural Mission Scheme, Ayushman Bharat Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. Additionally, under the Prime Minister’s Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission Scheme, health wellness centers will be set up in rural and urban areas of the…
The Yogi government has earmarked Rs 2500 crore in the 2024-2025 budget for organising Mahakumbh on a grand note in Prayagraj in 2025. The focus of the state government will be on expediting various projects to enhance civic amenities, establishment of the Kumbh Museum in Prayagraj and accelerating infrastructural projects and setting up National Law University at the cost of Rs 100 crore. According to the data, revealed during the presentation of the budget in the state assembly on Monday more than 37 crore 90 lakh tourists had come to the state from January to October in the year 2023. Of…
In the mega-budget of the Yogi government special emphasis has been laid on the welfare of the state’s advocates and developing the infrastructure of the courts. While presenting gifts to the state’s lawyers, the government has decided to increase the Advocates Welfare Fund from Rs 200 crores to Rs 500 crores. Furthermore, In case of the death of an advocate who is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Advocate Social Fund Scheme, the maximum limit of permissible assistance has been increased from Rs 1.50 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. In addition, a provision of Rs 100 crore is proposed for the…
The funds received from various fiscal services of the state also play an important role in the budget of more than Rs 7 lakh crore of the Yogi government. In this, a target of revenue collection of more than Rs 2,63,443 crore has been set from Excise, Stamp and Registration, and Vehicle Tax including State Goods and Services Tax and Value Added Tax (SGST). The target of revenue collection from State Goods and Services Tax and Value Added Tax has been fixed at Rs 1,56,981.89 crore. The target of revenue collection from excise duty is fixed at Rs 58,307.56 crore.…
In the mega-budget of the Yogi government, special provisions have been made for the welfare of the backward class and Divyangjans. While, on the one hand, a provision of Rs 24,75 crore is proposed for the scholarship scheme for Other Backward Classes students on the other, Rs 200 crore is proposed for the Marriage Grant Scheme for the daughters of poor people belonging to OBCs. Additionally, a provision of Rs 1170 crore has been proposed for the Divyang Pension Yojana. The budget also includes a provision of Rs 42 crore for the Leprosy Pension Scheme and he Artificial Limbs/Assistive Equipments…
Building on its track record of effectively combating diseases such as COVID, TB, and encephalitis, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has launched the National Deworming Campaign across 66 districts to rid the state of diseases caused by worms. Under this campaign, the state government is committed to distributing albendazole tablets to 8.66 crore children and youths aged 1 to 19 years across 66 districts over the next year. This initiative places particular emphasis on private educational institutions during the specified period. Additionally, in various districts, albendazole administration will be integrated into the wider mass drug administration campaign, specifically…
The Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh will establish a ‘State-of-the-Art Centralized GIS Data Center’ in Ayodhya. The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA), as per the vision of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has initiated the development process for the necessary software and hardware infrastructure for setting up and operating a world-class GIS data center integrated with Geographic Information System (GIS). Notably, there are currently 141 projects underway in Ayodhya with a total cost of Rs 30,977 crores to revive the city’s ancient splendor. In such a situation, the way has been paved for evaluating the operations of more than 37 agencies involved…
उत्तर प्रदेश को विकास के नए सोपानों की ओर अग्रसर कर रही योगी सरकार सप्तपुरियों में पहली पुरी के तौर पर विख्यात अयोध्या के त्रेतायुगीन वैभव को लौटाने के साथ ही उसके आधुनिक कायाकल्प के लिए भी कृत संकल्पित है। सीएम योगी के विजन अनुसार अयोध्या के इसी वैभव की पुनर्स्थापना के लिए वर्तमान में 30977 करोड़ रुपए की कुल लागत के 141 प्रोजेक्ट्स पर काम जारी है। ऐसे में, इन प्रोजेक्ट्स पर काम कर रहीं 37 से ज्यादा एजेंसियों की कार्यप्रणाली निर्धारण, प्रोजेक्ट्स की प्रगति के आंकलन समेत सभी महत्वपूर्ण तथ्यों के संकलन, संयोजन और जियो इकोसिस्टम के विकास…
सीएम योगी ने शुक्रवार को वर्ष 2024 के उत्तर प्रदेश विधानमंडल के सत्र शुभारंभ के अवसर पर सभी विपक्षी सदस्यों से दलीय सीमाओं से ऊपर उठकर प्रदेश के विकास के लिए सदन में सकारात्मक चर्चा की अपील की। सत्र शुभारंभ के पूर्व उन्होंने कहा कि देश और दुनिया में प्रदेश के बारे में जो सकारात्मक माहौल बना है, विरोधी दल भी उसका लाभ लेकर सकारात्मक चर्चा में अपना योगदान देंगे। इस अवसर पर सीएम योगी ने अयोध्या में प्रभु श्रीरामलला की प्राण प्रतिष्ठा के लिए भी सभी को बधाई दी। अभिभाषण सरकार की उपलब्धियों और भावी योजनाओं का महत्वपूर्ण दस्तावेज…