The Uttar Pradesh government's FY25 budget on Monday proposed an allocation of Rs 100 crore for organising Mahakumbh-2025 while providing funds for an international Ramayan and Vedic research centre in Ayodhya. Presenting the state budget, Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that Rs 100 crore is being proposed for organising Mahakumbh-2025 A provision of Rs 14.68 crore has been made for the setting up of Nishad Raj Guha Cultural Centre, Shringverpur, Rs 11.79 crore for the establishment of a music college in Hariharpur of Azamgarh district and another Rs 10.53 crore to set up the Maharishi Valmiki Cultural Centre at Chitrakoot. Besides, Rs 10 crore has been proposed for the International Ramayana and Vedic Research Institute in Ayodhya, Khanna said. More than 37.9 crore tourists came to Uttar Pradesh from January to October in 2023, out of which the number of Indian tourists was about 37.77 crore and that of foreign tourists was about 13.43 lakh, he said. Like every year, th
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