Lucknow, February 11: The Uttar Pradesh government’s Finance Minister Suresh Khanna presented a budget of Rs 9,12,696 crore 35 lakh in the Assembly on Wednesday. This is approximately 12.9 percent more than the financial year 2025-26. Capital expenditure in this budget is 19.5 percent. Allocations for education and health are 12.4 percent and 6 percent of the total budget, respectively. Allocations for agriculture and allied services are nine percent of the total budget.
The Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said that new schemes worth Rs 43,565 crore 33 lakh have been included in this budget. The fiscal deficit limit for the financial year 2026-27 has been kept at three percent, which will remain in effect until 2030-31. Compared to 2016, cases of robbery, loot, murder, riot, and kidnapping for ransom have decreased by 89%, 85%, 47%, 70%, and 62%, respectively.
He stated that ₹14,997 crore has been allocated for medical education. ₹37,956 crore has been allocated for medical health and family welfare, a 15% increase compared to last year. Approximately ₹2,867 crore has been allocated for AYUSH services. ₹27,103 crore has been allocated for infrastructure and industrial development schemes, a 13% increase compared to last year.
Khanna further said ₹3,822 crore has been allocated for MSME sector schemes in the budget, a 19% increase compared to last year. Approximately ₹5,41 crore has been allocated for handloom and textile industry schemes. This is five times more than last year. An allocation of ₹2,059 crore is proposed for IT and electronics projects, a 76 percent increase compared to last year. An allocation of ₹34,468 crore has been made for the construction, widening, and maintenance of roads and bridges. An allocation of ₹18,290 crore is proposed for irrigation and flood control projects, a 30 percent increase compared to 2025-26. Approximately ₹22,676 crore is proposed for Namami Gange and rural water supply.
An allocation of ₹65,926 crore has been made for energy sector projects in the budget, an eight percent increase compared to last year. An allocation of ₹7,705 crore is proposed for housing and urban planning. An allocation of approximately ₹26,514 crore is proposed for urban development. An allocation of ₹75 crore has been made for the One District One Dish scheme. A provision of ₹2,111 crore has been proposed for civil aviation. Approximately ₹32,090 crore has been allocated for Panchayati Raj schemes, a 67 percent increase over last year. A provision of ₹2,000 crore has been proposed for the maintenance of stray cattle and ₹100 crore for the establishment of large cow conservation centers. Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, ₹195 crore and ₹115 crore have been allocated for the male and female components, respectively.
He informed that a provision of ₹77,622 crore has been proposed for basic education. A provision of ₹22,167 crore has been proposed for secondary education, a 15 percent increase from last year. Approximately ₹6,591 crore has been allocated for higher education. Approximately ₹2,365 crore has been allocated for technical education. The budget for vocational education has been increased by 88 percent compared to last year, to approximately ₹3,349 crore. Approximately ₹18,620 crore has been allocated for women and child development schemes. ₹3,402 crore has been allocated for backward class welfare schemes. A provision of ₹2,058 crore has been proposed for minority welfare schemes.