Uttar Pradesh: State budget

The Uttar Pradesh Budget for 2026-27, presented in February 2026, has a total size of ₹9,12,696.35 crore. This is ₹1,03,960.29 crore (12.9 percent) higher than the Budget Estimates of ₹8,08,736.06 crore for 2025-26. The budget document dedicates it to the resolve of "Viksit Bharat", with a focus on women, youth, farmers and deprived sections. The Finance Minister named in the document is Suresh Khanna.

Budget Size and Trajectory

• Budget size grew from ₹3.85 lakh crore in 2017-18 to ₹9.13 lakh crore in 2026-27.
• New schemes: provision of ₹43,565.33 crore.
• Budget theme: builds on the Union Budget's Kartavya framework, with priorities of economic acceleration, citizens' aspirations, inclusive and balanced development, and women empowerment (towards Vision 2047).

Receipts (Budget Estimates 2026-27)

• Total receipts: ₹8,48,233.18 crore = revenue receipts ₹7,28,928.12 crore + capital receipts ₹1,19,305.06 crore.
• Tax revenue: ₹6,03,401.76 crore, made up of:
  • State's own tax revenue: ₹3,34,491 crore.
  • Share in central taxes: ₹2,68,910.76 crore.
• Grants-in-aid from Centre: ₹98,772 crore; non-tax revenue: ₹26,754 crore.
• Collection targets: SGST and VAT ₹1,49,956 crore; Excise Duty ₹71,278 crore; Stamp and Registration ₹43,802 crore; Vehicle Tax ₹15,808 crore.

Expenditure

• Total expenditure: ₹9,12,696.35 crore.
• Revenue expenditure: ₹6,64,470.55 crore; capital expenditure: ₹2,48,225.80 crore.
• Capital outlay: ₹1,77,744.12 crore (4.47% of GSDP), up from ₹39,088 crore (2.84% of GSDP) in 2017-18.
• The document states UP is the first state with capital expenditure more than ₹1 lakh crore.

Deficit and Debt

• Fiscal deficit: ₹1,18,480.59 crore, 2.98% of estimated GSDP. The FRBM limit is 3.0%; the Government of India allowed 0.5% extra for energy reforms, making 3.5%.
• Revenue surplus: ₹64,457.57 crore (1.62% of GSDP). The document cites a C&AG report (2023) ranking UP first as a Revenue Surplus State.
• Total outstanding debt: ₹9,19,414.47 crore (23.1% of GSDP).
• Consolidated Fund deficit: ₹64,463.17 crore; net receipts from Public Account: ₹9,500 crore.
• Closing balance: estimated at negative ₹55,059.58 crore.

Top Departments by Gross Allocation (₹ crore)

• Primary Education: 80,997.16
• Energy: 65,926.28
• Home: 44,145.77
• PWD: 33,740.32
• Panchayti Raj: 32,089.70
• Also in the top 10: Heavy & Medium Industry (27,103.49), Rural Development (25,499.58) and Secondary Education (22,167.33).

Top Departments by Capital Outlay (₹ crore)

• PWD (Roads & Bridges): 29,369.71
• Namami Gange & Rural Water Supply: 22,464.63
• Energy: 20,955.53
• Food & Civil Supply: 17,876.77
• Rural Development: 17,435.22

Key State Schemes (₹ crore)

• Annapurti Yojana: 15,480; Jal Jeevan Mission: 15,060
• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 2.0 (R+U): 12,434
• Viksit Bharat G-RAM G: 5,544; CM Industrial Area Expansion Scheme: 5,000
• Swachh Bharat Mission (U+R): 4,161; AMRUT 2.0: 3,750; CM New City Incentive Scheme: 3,500
• Atal Industrial Infrastructure Mission: 2,000; Mukhya Mantri Laghu Sinchai Yojana: 1,375

Sector Provisions

• Police buildings: about ₹1,374 crore non-residential and ₹1,243 crore residential; ₹346 crore for new districts.
• Fire services: ₹200 crore for fire-station buildings and ₹190 crore for fire safety in multistorey buildings.
• Mission Shakti: ₹25 crore for vehicles for women beat personnel.
• Justice: about ₹9,845 crore (9 percent higher than 2025-26); ₹1,000 crore for court complexes (Pilot Project); 111 Gram Nyayalaya functional.
• Chief Minister Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana: ₹1,150 crore; 18,144 families benefited in 2025-26.
• Transport: ₹400 crore for EV buses, ₹150 crore for bus terminals, ₹50 crore for charging stations and ₹50 crore for the Chief Minister Zero Fatality Vision Scheme.
• Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram: ₹500 crore for 21 districts with the highest share of minority population.

Selected New Schemes

• One District One Cuisine (Ek Janpad Ek Vyanjan), Uttar Pradesh AI Mission, Sports Colleges in 10 Divisions, Future Ready Tehsil and a Fund for Census Preparation 2027.