UP Finance Minister SK Khanna presents Rs 7.36 lakh crore budget for FY-25 in State Assembly
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna presented the State Budget in Vidhan Sabha on February 5. He spoke about various policies and government achievements during his address at Vidhan Sabha.Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said, “The ban on giving new private tube well connections in the dark zone has been lifted, which directly benefited about one lakh farmers… In the years 2023–2024, about 37 lakh Kisan credit cards were distributed until October 2023. Under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme, a compensation of Rs 831 crore was paid to about 10 lakh insured farmers for 2022–2023 until October 2023. Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, an amount of about Rs 63,000 crore was transferred to the accounts of 2 crore 62 lakh farmers through DBT by December 2023. A record sugarcane price payment of more than Rs 2.33 lakh crores was made to about 48 lakh sugarcane farmers by the present government from the year 2017 to January 29, 2024. This sugarcane price payment is Rs 20,274 crore more than the combined sugarcane price payment of Rs 2.1 lakh crores in the previous 22 years…”
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