Question- On February 18, 2020, Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna presented the budget for the financial year 2020-21 in the Legislative Assembly.
Consider the following statements related to this:
(i) The size of the budget presented is Rs. 5,12,860.72 crores.
(ii) The Budget 2020-21 is the largest budget in the history of Uttar Pradesh.
(iii) The budget proposes to establish 7 universities.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) Only (i), and (ii)
(b) Only (ii) and (iii)
(c) Only (i) and (iii)
(d) All the above
Answer- (d)
Related facts:
- On February 18, 2020, Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna presented the budget for the financial year 2020-21 in the Legislative Assembly.
- It is worth mentioning that this is the most massive budget presented to date in the history of Uttar Pradesh.
- The budget size presented is Rs 5,12,860.72 crore.
- This is 33,159 crore more than the previous budget.
- The presented budget will help in moving the economy of the state towards $ 1 trillion.
- The Chief Minister Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship) scheme for educated unemployed youth is proposed in the presented budget.
- Under this scheme, an amount of Rs. 2,500 per month will be provided as a training allowance.
- A ‘Youth Hub’ will be established in every district for self-employment of youth.
- It is proposed to establish 7 universities in the budget.
- It proposed funds for 11 other airports including the airport at Jewar International Airport Ayodhya.
- In the budget, arrangements were made to make the benefit of crop insurance scheme accessible to the original farmer as well as the sharecroppers.
- A budget arrangement is proposed for the destitute cow dynasty as a shelter, maintenance of the bovine and development of the improved breed.
- New schemes worth Rs 10,967.87 crore have been included in the budget.
- The fiscal deficit is estimated at Rs 53,195.46 crore which is 2.97 percent of the estimated gross state domestic product for the year.
- The state’s indebtedness is estimated at 28.8 percent of GDP.
Other salient features of the U.P. budget, 2020-21 are as follows-
- Awareness program for prevention of female feticide is being conducted in 68 districts under the “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” scheme.
- A provision of 1 thousand 200 crore rupees is proposed for the Chief Minister Kanya Sumangala Scheme.
- Under the destitute women pension scheme, an amount of Rs 500 is sent to the beneficiaries account directly every month for the maintenance of destitute women and their children. A provision of Rs. 1 thousand 432 crores is proposed under this scheme.
For youth
- It has been decided to start two essential schemes – Chief Minister Apprenticeship Incentive Scheme and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Campaign (YUVA) to connect the youth of the state with self-employment and employment.
- Through the youth entrepreneurship development campaign (YUVA), innovative initiatives are being taken to move from employment to self-reliance through youth entrepreneurship development campaign (YUVA).
- YUVA HUB will be set up in every district of the state, which will help aspiring youth to run the project, from concept to financial assistance, with financial support for the plans for 1 year.
- To promote higher education, three new state universities are being established in Saharanpur, Azamgarh and Aligarh. Establishment of Police Forensic University is proposed in the state. In addition, a “law university” is proposed in Prayagraj district and an Ayush University in Gorakhpur is proposed.
- Engineering colleges are being established in Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, Basti and Gonda districts.
- The construction of engineering colleges in Azamgarh and Ambedkar Nagar is almost complete.
- A provision of Rs 122 crore is proposed for the Police Force Modernization Scheme.
- A provision of Rs 60 crore is proposed for the construction of Forensic Science Laboratories.
- A provision of Rs 97 crore is proposed for the Safe City Lucknow scheme.
- A provision of Rs 20 crore is proposed for the establishment of Uttar Pradesh Police Forensic University.
- A provision of Rs 3 crore for “Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children” is proposed.
- Women PAC in Lucknow, Gorakhpur and Badaun districts Ducts are installed.
- There are 76 women police stations in the state.
- Two women police stations are established in Lakhimpur Kheri district and one woman police station is established in all other districts.
- “Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Institute” at Kashi Hindu University, Homibabha Cancer Hospital at Lahartara and BRD.
- “Super speciality blocks” have been operationalized at Medical College, Gorakhpur.
- In memory of late Atal Bihar Vajpayee Ji, a new medical university in Lucknow, and a satellite centre of King George Medical University is being established in Balrampur.
- In the year 2020-2021, the target of food grains production is 641 lakh 74 thousand metric tons and the target of oilseeds production is 13 lakh 90 thousand metric tons.
- In the year 2018-2019, 604 lakh 15 thousand metric tonnes of food grains were produced against the target of 581.03 MT, which is the highest ever record production.
- More than 13 lakh houses have been constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural).
- With the construction of toilets for 2 crores 61 lakh families under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), the state has achieved the first position in the country.
- Currently 14 crores 59 lakh man-days of employment opportunities have been created under MNREGA scheme till 20 November 2019.
- For the first time 38 forest villages of Vantangia, Mushar, Kol and Tharu tribals were declared as revenue villages so that the poor of these villages settled in forest areas could get basic facilities like housing, medical, education, roads, electricity and ration cards.
- A total of 19 clusters have been selected under the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission in three phases in the state.
- A provision of Rs. 1 thousand 357 crores is proposed for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
- In order to promote solar power projects in the Bundelkhand region, it has been decided to construct a green energy corridor for 4 thousand MW solar power generation.
- Biodiesel, Bio Ethanol, Methanol, Biogas, Bio CNG, under BioEnergy Enterprise Promotion Program Projects like production etc. are being encouraged.
- 2 thousand 727 solar ROs in various primary schools of the state. Water plants have been set up.
- Metro rail operates in Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Noida.
- Work from Delhi to Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System is in progress for which a provision of Rs 900 crore is proposed.
- Approving the Kanpur Metro Rail Project by the Government of India, the cost of the project has been approved at Rs 11 thousand 76 crores.
- The total length of the project is 32 km. Work has started on the Kanpur Metro. A provision of Rs 358 crore is proposed for this project.
- The Agra Metro Rail project has been approved by the Government of India at the cost of Rs 8 thousand 379 crores. The total length of the project is 29 km. A provision of Rs 286 crore is proposed for the project.
- Proposals for metro rail are being prepared for Gorakhpur and other cities, for which a provision of Rs 200 crore is proposed.
- A provision of Rs 50 crore is proposed for the establishment of National Inspiration Site in Lucknow.
- It has been decided to operate electric buses in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Agra, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Mathura and Shahjahanpur.
- The Uttar Pradesh Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Policy-2019 has been promulgated.
- More than 700 electric buses are being arranged in the state.
- Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all 75 districts of the state, ODF. have been announced.
- Projects worth about Rs. 20 thousand crores are being implemented in 10 cities of the state, Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Agra, Saharanpur, Bareilly, Jhansi, Moradabad and Aligarh under the Smart City Mission.
- In addition to the 10 municipal corporations selected by the central government, it has been decided to develop the remaining 07 municipal corporations – Meerut, Ghaziabad, Ayodhya, Firozabad, Gorakhpur, Mathura-Vrindavan and Shahjahanpur as smart cities.
Basic, Secondary and Higher Education
- Continuous efforts are being made to improve education. Under the School Chalo Abhiyan, 01 crore 80 lakh children were enrolled.
- Through Operation Education Rejuvenation, work is being done to provide better facilities in 91 thousand 236 schools. 15 thousand primary schools and 1 thousand higher secondary schools were converted into English medium.
- The overall education campaign is being implemented by the state government for upgrading school education at the primary and upper primary levels of the state. For this, an arrangement of Rs 18 thousand 363 crores is proposed.
- NCERT in state schools has been implemented. The Uttar Pradesh Independent Schools (Fee Regulation) Bill, 2018 has been enacted to regulate the fees charged from students studying in private schools in the state.
- For the development of basic facilities in the field of higher education, a provision of Rs 111 crore is proposed under the National Higher Education Campaign.
- Milk production in the state was 305 lakh metric tons in the year 2018-2019. The target of milk production has been kept at 340 lakh MT in the year 2019-2020. 175 lakh metric tonnes of milk has been produced untill October 2019.
Tourism, culture and charitable work
- In the year 2018, more than 28 crore 88 lakh tourists visited Uttar Pradesh, out of which 28 crore 50 lakh number of Indian tourists and 37 lakh 80 thousand number of foreign tourists.
- The festival of Deepotsav was held again in Ayodhya on October 26, 2019, and more than 4 lakh 04 thousand 26 lamps were lit on this occasion. This was a new record which was included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
- An arrangement of Rs 85 crores is proposed for the development of high-level tourist infrastructure facilities in Ayodhya. A provision of Rs 10 crore is proposed for strengthening the Tulsi memorial building in Ayodhya.
- cultural centre in Varanasi district.
- For the purpose of preserving the cultural and ancient heritage of the state, some ambitious plans are proposed for the development of Garhmukteshwar area in Hapur district, development of water sports at Ramgarh Tal in Gorakhpur, construction of heliports at important tourist places, implementation of 46 tourism development schemes, etc.
- A provision of Rs 25 crore is proposed for the development of water sports in Ramgarh Tal of Gorakhpur district.
- A provision of Rs 200 crore is proposed for the Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple expansion and beautification scheme.
- An arrangement of Rs 180 crore is proposed for the construction of Vedic Science Center under Kashi Hindu University.
- There is a target to increase the forest cover and tree cover to 15 percent by the year 2030, for which, in various plantation schemes, large scale rugged, manure and degraded forest land, community land and private land of farmers on the road, railway line and private property of farmers. There is an action plan to plant trees at the level.
Links:
http://budget.up.nic.in/budgetbhashan/budgetbhashan2020_2021.pdf
http://budget.up.nic.in/khand2part1/khand2part1_2020_2021.pdf