Yogi Adityanath seeks Rs 380 bn grant from Centre for development projects

Adityanath government will table Annual Budget 2018 in UP legislature on Friday

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has demanded release of grants worth Rs 380 billion for different projects from the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

The Adityanath government has claimed the funds were meant to be released during the previous Akhilesh Yadav regime, however, the latter failed to take follow up action and such the grants were still outstanding.

The incumbent state government has established a channel of communication with the federal policy think tank, Niti Aayog for getting the grants released, UP health minister and spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh said in Lucknow on Monday.

Singh would hold