Yogi govt to table Budget 2020-21 on February 18; session starts Thursday

The size of the UP Annual Budget 2020-21 is expected to breach the historic mark of Rs 5 trillion

The Budget Session of Uttar Pradesh legislature will begin on Thursday with the Yogi Adityanath government slated to table the UP Annual Budget 2020-21 on February 18.

In the backdrop of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) facing poll reverses in the recently held Delhi assembly polls, the budget session will be a stormy affair with the opposition likely to corner the Adityanath government on various issues, including law and order.

Although, the UP Annual Budget 2019-20 tabled on February 7, 2019 was to the tune of Rs 4.79 trillion, the total size of the state budget for the current