Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna presented Rs 5,50,270 crore budget for the financial year 2021-22 in the state assembly.

highlights of the budget are:

• 10,029 crore for housing, Rs 2,200cr for Amrit Yojna, Rs 2,000 cr for Smart City project, Rs 1,000cr for Mukhya Mantri Samagra Sampada Vikas Yojna, Rs 7,000cr for PM Awas Gramin, Rs 5,000cr for PM Sadak Yojna.

• Rs 3,100 crore for farmers' pension

• Folk artists facing financial crisis will get a monthly assistance of Rs 2,000.
• Education (An university in every division, Rs 200cr for model colleges in 26 districts).
• Rs 100 crore for metro rail projects in Varanasi and Gorakhpur
• Rs 50 crore for Rashtriya Prerna Sthal in Lucknow.

• Rs 140cr for overall development of Ayodhya.

• Rs 101 crore for airport in Ayodhya, Rs 2,000 crore for airports Jewart, Chitrakoot and Sonbhadra.
• Under Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangal Yojana, the government allocates Rs 1,200cr to give tablets to girl students.
• Rs 750 cr for Gorakhpur Expressway, Rs 1,107 crore - Purvanchal Expressway, Rs 1,492cr - Bundelkhand Expressway.

• Rs 400 crore for loans to farmers on subsidised rates.