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Disruption of House proceedings not in interest of democracy: Adityanath

Disruption of House proceeding is neither in the interest of democracy nor for the state and the opposition should raise issues in a dignified way, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday. Adityanath made the remarks ahead of the start of the Budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. "There can be 'asahmati' (differences) between ruling and opposition parties. The ruling side cannot run away from answering issues of public interest. Disruption (of House) is neither in the interest of democracy nor the state," he told reporters in assembly premises. He said the opposition should raise issues with "shalinta" (in a dignified way) and use "Prabhavi shabdavali" (effective words) in the House. "The budget for 25 crore people of the state will be presented on February 22. If needed, after discussion with other party leaders, the House will also meet on Saturday also," he said. The government, he said, was ready for a discussion and will reply on all issues raised

Samajwadi Party holds protest outside UP Assembly ahead of Budget Session

The Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs protested against the policies of the state government outside the Uttar Pradesh assembly in Lucknow ahead of the commencement of the Budget Session on Monday

Speaker seeks support for smooth functioning of House in UP budget session

In an all-party meeting ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Budget Session, Speaker Satish Mahana on Sunday sought the support of members in the smooth functioning of the House. The session will start on Monday with the Governor's address to the joint sitting of the legislative assembly and the legislative council. The speaker also requested all members to be present for the address and proceedings. The meeting was attended by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, members of the ruling BJP as well as opposition parties. Though Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav was not present, the party was represented by its chief whip in the assembly Manoj Kumar Pandey. In this first session of the year, discussion on Budget-2023, is going to be held according to parliamentary norms, the chief minister said. "The House is the place for meaningful discussions. All of us ran the House during the Covid period, which was appreciated in the country and

Yogi govt to appoint Udyami Mitras to implement investment proposals

UP Govt. will be appointing Udyami Mitras (friends of entrepreneurs) soon for the implementation of Rs 33.52 lakh crore investment proposals received through the UP Global Investors Summit-2023

UP govt likely to table supplementary Budget in today's Assembly session

The Uttar Pradesh government is likely to table the supplementary budget on Tuesday, the second day of Uttar Pradesh's assembly session

Uttar Pradesh govt asks commercial banks to step up credit flow

The UP government has said unless the credit flow is equitable across the different regions, the goal of a $1-trillion economy would remain elusive

PepsiCo to invest Rs 3,740 cr to set up four industrial units in UP

The company proposes to invest Rs 1071. 28 crore here with around 1,500 expected employment avenues

Uttar Pradesh records 15,747 new coronavirus cases, 312 fatalities

Uttar Pradesh recorded 15,747 fresh Covid-19 cases that took the infection count to 15,96,628 while 312 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 16,958

UP's public debt to rise Rs 6.11 trn in FY22, driven by Covid-19 impact

Topping the debt is market borrowings of more than Rs 4.18 trillion by the state government and its agencies.

Jewar airport allotted Rs 2,000 cr in UP budget, to be operational by 2023

The UP government on Tuesday presented a Rs 5,12,860.72 crore budget for FY 2020-21 in the state assembly

Yogi govt to table Budget 2020-21 on February 18; session starts Thursday

The size of the UP Annual Budget 2020-21 is expected to breach the historic mark of Rs 5 trillion

Power, mining take UP's industrial output past India average in June

State achieves 3.2 per cent growth, compared with India's industrial growth of 2 per cent.

Uttar Pradesh public debt of Rs 4.43 trn exceeds Annual Budget 2018

Composite public debt of UP is within the stipulated 30% of the GSDP and estimated at 29.8% for next fiscal

UP govt presents Rs 4.3-trn budget; focus on farmers, job creation

The budget earmarks Rs 6.5 bn for Bundelkhand expressway project, Rs 5.5 bn Gorkahpur link expressway project, Rs 10 bn for Purvanchal expressway, Rs 5 bn Agra-Lucknow expressway

Adityanath govt tables supplementary budget of Rs 11,388 cr

Provision of Rs 1,215 cr made for the construction of toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission