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The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday presented the second supplementary budget for the financial year 2024-25, amounting to ₹17,865 crore.

 

The budget was tabled on the second day of the winter session of the state assembly.

 

Following the Question Hour, Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna presented the second supplementary budget. In his address, Khanna stated that the budget size is ₹17,865.72 crore, which is 2.42 per cent of the original budget of ₹7,36,437.71 crore.

 

Khanna explained that the need for this supplementary budget arose due to the government’s development priorities and adherence to constitutional provisions.

 

He noted that the first supplementary budget, presented earlier, was ₹12,209.93 crore, and with the second addition, the total budget size for 2024-25 will rise to ₹7,66,513.36 crore.

 

The second supplementary budget includes new proposals worth ₹790.49 crore and an estimated central share of ₹422.56 crore under various central schemes. It also incorporates a contingency fund of ₹30.48 crore.

 

Key allocations in the supplementary budget include the Energy Department (₹8,587.27 crore), Finance (₹2,438.63 crore), Family Welfare (₹1,592.28 crore), Animal Husbandry (₹1,001 crore), Public Works Department (₹805 crore), Primary Education (₹515 crore), Information Department (₹505 crore), Panchayati Raj (₹454.01 crore), and Medical Education and Training (₹354.54 crore).