NRP Desk
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has claimed to have used nearly 80 per cent of its total annual budget of approximately Rs 7.66 lakh crore, including the two supplementary budgets, that the state legislature cleared for the year 2024-2025. As utilization of budgeted funds remains a major challenge for the state government year after year, the situation is being consistently reviewed and emphasis has been laid on timely and qualitative use of funds. “Yes, the state government has used nearly 80 per cent of the annual budget in 2024-2025. We will make efforts for greater and qualitative use of funds in 2025-2026. We will monitor the situation in terms of fund utilization regularly and the first review will be con ducted after the first quarter ending June 30, 2025,” finance minister Suresh Khanna said.
