Yogi government’s supplementary budget of Rs 24,496.98 crore presented in the Assembly!

The Yogi government on Monday presented a supplementary budget of Rs 24,496.98 crore for the financial year 2025-26 during the winter session of the Assembly. While presenting the budget, Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said that this supplementary budget has been brought with the aim of maintaining continuity of development in the state, providing additional resources in essential areas and accelerating the schemes as per the changing needs.

The Finance Minister said that the original budget of the state for the year 2025-26 was Rs 8,08,736.06 crore, while the presented supplementary budget is 3.03 percent in proportion to the original budget. Including the supplementary budget, the total budget for the financial year 2025-26 is now Rs 8,33,233.04 crore. This budget focuses on further strengthening the developmental priorities.

In the presented supplementary budget, a provision of Rs 18,369.30 crore has been made as revenue expenditure and Rs 6,127.68 crore as capital expenditure. The government aims to strengthen the infrastructure by increasing capital investment along with meeting the revenue requirements.

Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said that in the supplementary budget, priority has been given to key areas related to the economic progress and public welfare of the state. Under this, an amount of Rs 4,874 crore has been proposed for industrial development, Rs 4,521 crore for power sector, Rs 3,500 crore for health and family welfare, Rs 1,758.56 crore for urban development and Rs 639.96 crore for technical education.

Special attention has also been given to social and future-oriented sectors in the supplementary budget. Under this, a budgetary provision of Rs 535 crore has been made for women and child development, Rs 500 crore for UPNEDA (solar and renewable energy), Rs 423.80 crore for medical education and Rs 400 crore for sugarcane and sugar mill sector.

The Finance Minister clarified that the Yogi government has always followed the limits of the FRBM Act and financial discipline was not compromised at any level. According to the Government of India leaflet, the GDP of Uttar Pradesh has been estimated at Rs 31.14 lakh crore, which is more than the earlier estimates.

Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh is emerging as a revenue surplus state today, which shows the strong economic condition of the state.

He said that when the amount sanctioned in a financial year becomes inadequate for the actual requirements of expenditure, then a demand for supplementary grant is presented before the Legislature. Sometimes expenditure on new items is required or significant changes in plans require the approval of the Legislature.