UP govt allocates Rs 1,700 cr for mega expressway in Supplementary Budget

Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday tabled its second Supplementary Budget for the 2019-20 financial year on the inaugural day of the state’s legislature’s Winter Session.

The Budget, totalling more than Rs 4,210 crore, included the central grants component worth nearly Rs 330 crore.

According to the Yogi Adityanath government, the funds sought in the Supplementary Budget would be met with tax and non-tax revenue sources, apart from cutting down on “non-productive” expenses.

Together with the UP Annual Budget and first Supplementary Budget tabled in legislature on February 7 and July 23, 2019 totalling Rs 4.79 trillion and Rs 13,595 crore