UP Finance Minister tables Budget FY24 in state Assembly
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna on Wednesday tabled the “development-oriented” Budget 2023-24 in the state Legislative Assembly with a focus on infrastructure.
Targeting youths, the budget made provision of Rs 1,050 crore under the “Chief Minister Kanya Sumangala Yojana”, Rs 4,032 crore for destitute widows and Rs 600 crore for the “Samuhik Vivah” scheme for the marriage of girls of all classes.
The finance minister proposed Rs 150 crore for the marriage grant scheme for daughters of poor people belonging to other backward classes.
