Lucknow:Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Tuesday termed the Uttar Pradesh budget for 2020-21 "historic" and said it will play a big role in making the state a trillion dollar economy.
The chief minister said though it focused on the overall development of the state, special attention has been paid to the growth of the youth and boost employment.
"The budget will play a major role in achieving the goal of one trillion dollar economy for the state and meet the target of making India a dollar five trillion economy," the CM said, adding that it was a "historic" budget.
"The budget is focused on the development of the youth. Though a number of programmes are already in place for them, the government has started a scheme for every educated unemployed individual. A provision has been made to boost employment in every district." he added.
The BJP government on Tuesday presented a Rs 5,12,860.72 crore budget, which was its fourth under the leadership of Adityanath.
"Our first budget was based on farmers, the second was on industrial development and the third for women empowerment. Today's fourth budget is for the development of youth," the chief minister said.
The CM also claimed that provisions have been made to improve education in Uttar Pradesh.
This budget focused on higher education as the state government is setting up new universities in Saharanpur, Azamgarh and Aligarh, he said.
Setting up of Atal Medical University in Lucknow has also been included in the budget, he said, adding that the government has proposed national law and ayush universities.
An apprenticeship scheme for every educated unemployed youth who wants to become self-reliant has also been started, the CM said, adding that every youth will be connected to an enterprise and till the completion of the apprenticeship, the government will provide a cash support of Rs 2,500 per month.