Uttar Pradesh’s Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that the state’s contribution to the country’s GDP is more than 8 percent. I am happy to inform that in the year 2021-2022, a growth of 16.8 percent has been registered in the state’s gross state domestic product, which was more than the country’s growth rate.
Rate of growth in GSDP for the financial year 2023 2024 has been estimated at 19 percent. In the era of global recession, the growth rate of the state’s economy is encouraging. Before the year 2017, the unemployment rate of the state was 14.4 percent, today it has come down to about 4.2 percent.
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that U.P. The Global Investors Summit-2023 was attended by over 25,000 investors. I am happy to inform that more than 19000 MoUs worth about Rs 33.50 lakh crore were signed in this summit.
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Finance Minister said that our government has paid a record sugarcane price of more than Rs 1,96,000 crore to about 46 lakh 22 thousand sugarcane farmers of the state from the year 2017 till now, which is more than the total sugarcane purchase made during the period from 2012 to 2017. Price paid Rs.95,125 cr. 86,728 crore more than Rs.
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Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, in the year 2022-2023, more than Rs 51,639.68 crore has been directly transferred to the bank accounts of farmers through DBT. Keeping in view the law and order in the state, 03 women PAC battalions are being formed to ensure maximum participation of women.
The Finance Minister said that Rs 3600 crore has been allocated in the budget for the financial year 2023-2024 to provide tablets/smartphones to the eligible students of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Scheme. The arrangement is proposed. A provision of Rs 60 crore is proposed for the Uttar Pradesh Information Technology and Startups Policy. Rs 20 crore is proposed for the Agriculture Accelerator Fund with an aim to encourage young entrepreneurs to set up Agritech start-ups in rural areas.
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that Rs. 10 crore for providing financial assistance to young advocates for purchase of books and magazines for the first three years of work and provision of Rs. 5 crore for corpus fund for young advocates. is proposed.
The Finance Minister of UP said that under the scheme of training students studying in state secondary schools, more than 12 lakh youths were trained in 6 years through the skill development mission and 4 lakh 88 thousand youths were placed in reputed companies. Got commissioned.
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 17.62 lakh new houses have been sanctioned since March 2017.