UP Budget 2023-24: Rs 400 Crore Allocated For Implementation Of Ayushman Bharat Scheme

Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna today presented Yogi 2.0 government's second budget for the financial year 2023-2024.

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Snigdha Choudhury

Updated: February 22, 2023, 2:49 PM IST

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UP finance minister Khanna, while presenting the UP Budget 2023-24, stated that Rs 400 crore will be allocated for implementation of Ayushman Bharat Scheme. (File Photo)

UP Budget 2023-24: Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna today presented Yogi 2.0 government’s second budget for the financial year 2023-2024. Khanna, while presenting the UP Budget 2023-24, stated that Rs 400 crore will be allocated for implementation of Ayushman Bharat Scheme.

UP Budget 2023-24 Highlights | Key Points To Know

• Focus on youth: Khanna said Rs 3,600 crores will be provided in the financial year 2023-2024 to give tablets or smartphones to the eligible students of Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Scheme.
• Startups: A provision of Rs 60 crores is proposed for the Uttar Pradesh Information Technology and Startups Policy.
• Skill development mission: “Through the skill development mission, more than 12 lakh youth were trained in 6 years and Rs 4.88 lakh youth were employed in prestigious companies under the scheme of training students studying in government secondary schools of the state,” Khanna said while presenting the state Budget.

UP Budget 2023-24 | Key Allocations

• A budget arrangement of Rs 585 crore has been proposed for the Kanpur Metro Rail Project in the financial year 2023-2024. A budget arrangement of Rs 465 crore has also been proposed for the Agra Metro Rail Project.
• Rs 3,600 crores have been allocated to give tablets/smartphones to the eligible students of Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Scheme.
• A provision of Rs 60 crores is proposed for the Uttar Pradesh Information Technology and Startups Policy.
•  Rs 4,032 crore has been proposed for welfare of destitute womens under widow pension scheme.
• Rs 21,159 crore has been proposed for construction of roads, bridges in Uttar Pradesh and Rs 6,209 crore for maintenance.
• “Construction work on Delhi-Ghaziabad Meerut RRTS Corridor is underway. In the financial year 2023-2024, a provision of Rs 1306 crore proposed for it. Provision of Rs 100 crore proposed for the implementation of Metro Rail project in Varanasi, Gorakhpur and other cities,” Khanna said.