UP Budget 2025–26: ₹8,08,736.06 crore, capital outlay 20.5%

What happened

• The 2025–26 budget was ₹8,08,736.06 crore, 9.8 per cent more than 2024–25; capital outlay was about 20.5 per cent of the budget. [UP Budget]
• Allocations: infrastructure 22 per cent, education 13 per cent, agriculture and allied 11 per cent, health 6 per cent, social security 4 per cent. [UP Budget]
• The fiscal deficit was estimated at 2.97 per cent of GSDP. [UP Budget]

Background

• The speech put GSDP for 2024–25 at ₹27.51 lakh crore and said UP’s growth in 2023–24 was 11.6 per cent against India’s 9.6 per cent [UP Budget]. [UP Budget]

Why it matters

• Comparing the two budgets shows the capital share dipping from 20.5 to 19.5 per cent while the size grew 12.9 per cent.

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