He informed the house that the budget included Rs 790.49 crore for new proposals and Rs 422.56 crore as the estimated central share for various central schemes. Additionally, the budget has provisions to reimburse Rs 30.48 crore taken earlier from the contingency fund. The Finance Minister stated that in the supplementary budget, fund allocation to different departments was based on their needs. Key allocations include Rs 8,587.27 crore for the Energy Department, Rs 2,438.63 crore for the Finance Department, Rs 1,592.28 crore for the Family Welfare Department, and Rs 1,001 crore for the Animal Husbandry Department. Additionally, Rs 805 crore has been allocated for the Public Works Department (PWD), Rs 515 crore for the Primary Education Department, Rs 505 crore for the Information Department, Rs 454.01 crore for the Panchayati Raj Department, and Rs 354.54 crore for the Medical Education and Training Department. Yogi government had presented its original budget in February this year, amounting to over Rs 7.36 lakh crore. Later, on July 30, the first supplementary budget of Rs 12,209.93 crore was introduced. Now, five months later, the government has once again brought a second supplementary budget to give impetus to development works. This budget was unanimously approved during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday morning.
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