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Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) presented a ₹9.13 lakh crore Budget for the fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27 successful the State Assembly, with a absorption connected acquisition and agriculture assemblage to thrust economical growth.
Tabling the Budget earlier the House, Mr. Khanna said the full outlay for 2026-26 is ₹9,12,696.35 crore, marking an summation of astir 12.2% implicit the erstwhile year’s outlay.
Stressing that the State Government is ever afloat committed to fiscal absorption and indebtedness control, Mr. Khanna said the superior expenditure successful this Budget is 19.5%.
In accordance with the recommendations of the 16th Central Finance Commission, which person been accepted by the Centre, the fiscal shortage bounds for the fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27 has been acceptable astatine three%. This volition stay successful effect until 2030-31.
Referring to the allocations made for large items, Mr. Khanna said, “The allocations for acquisition and wellness are 12.4% and 6% of the full budget, respectively. Furthermore, the magnitude allocated for agriculture and allied services is 9% of the full budget.” Emphasising that superior concern and infrastructure improvement play a captious relation successful strengthening the economy, the curate said providing employment opportunities to the State’s younker and equipping them with the indispensable skills is arsenic important.
He noted that individuals possessing method skills oregon proficiency successful immoderate commercialized are improbable to stay unemployed.
To this end, large-scale employment-oriented grooming and accomplishment enhancement programmes volition beryllium tally successful ngo mode connected a precedence basis. Alongside ceremonial education, arrangements volition beryllium made to fortify the accomplishment basal of youth.
The capableness of existing accomplishment improvement grooming centres volition beryllium enhanced, and caller centres volition beryllium acceptable up crossed the State.
Private assemblage information volition besides beryllium ensured successful this campaign. Skill improvement and occupation placement centres volition beryllium established successful assorted districts nether the public-private concern (PPP) mode. Separate centres volition beryllium acceptable up for women to summation their information successful the workforce, the curate added.
Mr. Khanna said an agri-export hub volition beryllium established nether the World Bank-assisted UP-AGREES task to boost cultivation exports and heighten farmers’ income.
As portion of the adjacent signifier of the Ease of Doing Business reforms, industries volition beryllium promoted based connected the “Jan Vishwas” principle, with registration, licensing, and different procedures to beryllium made much simplified and business-friendly, the Minister said.
The State volition besides enactment connected implementing a Digital Entrepreneurship Scheme to promote innovation and technology-driven enterprises.
He said CM Yogi Adityanath’s resoluteness for improvement is reflected successful the line: “Yahi junoon, yahi khwab mera hai, diya jalakar roshni kar doon jahan andhera hai” (This is my passion, this is my imagination – to airy a lamp and illuminate wherever determination is darkness).
The Minister expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for including 2 high-speed obstruction corridors — Delhi-Varanasi and Varanasi-Siliguri — connecting Uttar Pradesh successful the Union Budget for 2026-27.
He besides welcomed the connection for the improvement of 2 sites of archaeological and taste value successful Uttar Pradesh — Sarnath and Hastinapur — successful the Union Budget.
The Minister said that proposals specified arsenic establishing exigency and trauma centres successful each territory hospital, mounting up hostels for miss students successful each district, and accomplishment enhancement of 10,000 tourer guides volition payment the radical of Uttar Pradesh, on with different States.
He further lauded the Centre’s announcement to trim the prices of medicines for diabetes and cancer, terming it a highly commendable step.
