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Uttar Pradesh: Education, women and youth schemes
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Uttar Pradesh runs several schemes for girls, women, students and youth, and its Budget 2026-27 makes large provisions for basic, secondary, higher, technical and vocational education. The best-known girl-child scheme is the Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana, a conditional cash transfer scheme.
Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana
- Aim: social security and development of the girl child, and preventing female feticide and child marriage.
- Portal launched: 25 October 2019.
- Six stages, each a one-time payment:
- Stage 1: Rs. 5000 for a girl born on or after 01/04/2019.
- Stage 2: Rs. 2000 on full immunization, for a girl not born before 01/04/2018.
- Stage 3: Rs. 3000 on enrolling in Standard 1.
- Stage 4: Rs. 3000 on enrolling in Standard 6.
- Stage 5: Rs. 5000 on enrolling in Standard 9.
- Stage 6: Rs. 7000 on passing standard 10/12 and enrolling in a bachelor degree or a certified diploma course of at least 2 years.
- Reach: 26.81 lakh girls had benefited under the Mukhyamantri Sumangala Yojana up to January 2026.
- Budget 2026-27: ₹400 crore.
Women's Welfare and Safety
- Women and Child Development: about ₹18,620 crore, 11% higher than 2025-26.
- Destitute Women Pension Scheme: ₹3,500 crore; beneficiaries rose from 17 lakh 32 thousand (2016-17) to 38 lakh 58 thousand 922 (2025-26).
- Mission Shakti: UP's flagship initiative on women's safety, dignity and self-reliance; Mission Shakti 5.0 was launched in 2025.
- Safe City Project: women police beats, CCTV networks and Anti-Romeo Squads.
- Hostels: ₹100 crore for working women's hostels and ₹35 crore for the Mukhyamantri Shramjeevi Mahila Hostel Construction Scheme.
- BC Sakhis: in 2025-26, 39,880 BC Sakhis in 58,000 gram panchayats handled transactions worth over 39,000 crore.
- Nutrition: about 1 crore 57 lakh beneficiaries of supplementary nutrition; hot cooked meals for 34.49 lakh children aged 3 to 6 at Anganwadi centres.
Basic and Secondary Education
- Basic Education: ₹77,622 crore.
- Free uniforms, bags, shoes, socks and stationery for classes 1 to 8 in Parishadiya Vidyalayas: ₹650 crore.
- Two Mukhyamantri Model Composite Schools are being set up in each of the 75 districts.
- Awasiya Balika Vidyalaya: a new scheme for blocks without Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, ₹580 crore.
- Smart schools under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan: ₹300 crore; cashless medical cover for Parishadiya Vidyalaya staff: about ₹358 crore.
- Secondary Education: ₹22,167 crore, 15 percent higher; ₹520 crore for facilities in Government Secondary Schools and ₹150 crore for Dream Skill Lab Clusters.
- The first Sainik School in Purvanchal (second in the state) is running in Gorakhpur district.
Higher and Technical Education
- Higher education: about ₹6,591 crore, 7 percent more.
- Rani Lakshmi Bai Scooty Yojana: ₹400 crore for scooters to meritorious girl students.
- New universities: ₹50 crore each for Maa Vindhyavasini University (Mirzapur), Guru Jambheshwar University (Moradabad) and Maa Pateshwari University (Balrampur); ₹21 crore each for Swami Shukdevanand University (Shahjahanpur) and Kashi Naresh University (Bhadohi).
- Student Mental Health and Welfare Policy: ₹14.5 crore.
- Technical education: about ₹2,365 crore, 72 percent higher; 195 diploma-level institutions; 23 government polytechnics under construction; about ₹714 crore for upgrading polytechnics.
Youth and Skills
- Vocational education: up 88 percent to about ₹3,349 crore.
- 286 State ITIs with 190,272 seats; 47 have women's branches and 12 are only for women. Over 2,963 private ITIs offer 4.58 lakh seats.
- Uttar Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Mission: 9.25 lakh youth trained in 5 years; 4.22 lakh given job opportunities; ₹1,000 crore for training.
- Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Yojana: free coaching for over 23,000 youth at 163 centres.
- Swami Vivekanand Yuva Sashaktikaran Yojana: 49 lakh 86 thousand free tablets/smartphones so far.
- Mukhyamantri Fellowship Programme: in 108 aspirational blocks.
Sports
- 84 stadiums, 67 multipurpose halls and 38 swimming pools in 52 districts.
- International cricket stadiums: Varanasi (PPP) and Gorakhpur (EPC, approved); Major Dhyanchand State Sports University in Meerut.
Official sources (read on the date shown)
- Highlights & Salient Features of Uttar Pradesh Budget for Financial Year 2026-27 (Women; Youth; Basic, Secondary, Higher, Technical Education; Skill Development; Sports; Women and Child Development) — Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh · read 27 Oct 2026
- Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana - portal (English introduction and six stages) — Women and Child Development Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh · read 27 Oct 2026
- Key Features of Budget 2026-27, Government of Uttar Pradesh (New Schemes - Education & Skilling; Pink Budget - SHE-Mart, Mission Shakti; Social Outcomes) — Department of Finance, Government of Uttar Pradesh (hosted by Information & Public Relations Department) · read 27 Oct 2026
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What is the one-time payment amount for Stage 1 of the Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana?
Question 2 of 5
How many girls had benefited under the Mukhyamantri Sumangala Yojana up to January 2026?
Question 3 of 5
In which district is the first Sainik School in Purvanchal (and second in the state) running?
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What is the budget provision for the Rani Lakshmi Bai Scooty Yojana in Budget 2026-27?
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How many State ITIs are there in Uttar Pradesh?