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Uttar Pradesh Department-Wise Schemes Update 2026-27

September 11, 2026 Modified date: September 11, 2026

Policy Update
Mannat Abbot

Background

Uttar Pradesh, with a geographical area of 2,40,928 sq km and a projected population of around 23.8 crore, is India’s most populous state and one of its most densely populated. The state is characterised by the fertile Gangetic plains, the densely populated and urbanising belt along the Ganga-Yamuna basin, the relatively water-stressed and economically disadvantaged Bundelkhand region, and significant rural populations dependent on agriculture and allied activities. With substantial regional disparities in income, human development, infrastructure and access to public services, alongside pressures from population density, floods, drought and groundwater stress, effective and targeted welfare delivery remains central to Uttar Pradesh’s development strategy.

The Government of Uttar Pradesh has increasingly focused its welfare architecture on outcome-based governance, digital delivery and targeted implementation across departments. The Uttar Pradesh Budget 2026–27, presented on 11 February 2026, provides for a total outlay of Rs 9.13 lakh crore, including Rs 43,565 crore for new schemes, with major allocations directed towards agriculture, education, health, rural development, infrastructure, employment and social welfare.

The state’s delivery framework is supported by Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), digital citizen-service platforms and department-level monitoring systems, while initiatives such as the Chief Minister’s Dashboard, the Pragati Portal and the State Transformation Commission strengthen performance monitoring and cross-department coordination. The government’s development strategy is increasingly oriented towards outcome-based governance, inclusive growth and the long-term objective of building Uttar Pradesh into a one-trillion-dollar economy.

Finance Department

Scheme: State Budget 2026–27, themed “Navnirman” (marking nine years of continuous governance under the current administration)
Launched: 11 February 2026
Key details: Total outlay of ₹9,12,696.35 crore, a 12.9% jump over the previous year, with brand-new schemes worth ₹43,565.33 crore folded in. Capital expenditure—spending on long-term assets rather than salaries or subsidies—makes up approximately 19.5% of the outlay (around ₹1.78 lakh crore), and the fiscal deficit is deliberately capped at 3% of GSDP to stay within Finance Commission norms.
Coverage: Cuts across all departments and all districts of the state
Latest budget: ₹9,12,696.35 crore

Agriculture Department

Scheme: Agriculture development package covering farm-credit support, irrigation-energy reform, agricultural exports and input security
Launched: Ongoing, with several new initiatives and expanded provisions in 2026–27
Key details: The ₹10,888 crore agriculture allocation supports a wider package of interventions. These include ₹2,400 crore for private tubewell power subsidy, ₹638 crore for solarisation of diesel pump-sets, ₹245 crore for an Agriculture Export Hub, ₹150 crore for advance storage of chemical fertilisers and ₹38 crore for the Mukhyamantri Krishak Samriddhi Yojana, which supports agricultural credit and interest-related assistance.
Coverage: Farmers and agricultural producers across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹10,888 crore

Rural Development Department

Scheme: PMAY-Gramin, MGNREGS, National Rural Livelihood Mission and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Launched: 2000–2016; Ongoing
Key details: Alongside rural housing and employment through PMAY-G and MGNREGS, the budget supports rural livelihoods through NRLM/Ajeevika Mission and rural connectivity through PMGSY. The 2026–27 provisions include ₹6,102 crore for PMAY-G, ₹5,544 crore for MGNREGS, ₹4,580 crore for NRLM and ₹822 crore for PMGSY.
Coverage: Rural households, workers, SHGs and villages across the state
Latest budget: ₹25,500 crore for the sector portfolio

Panchayati Raj Department

Scheme: Panchayat infrastructure, rural sanitation and grassroots digital infrastructure
Launched: Ongoing, with major new provisions in 2026–27
Key details: The budget allocates ₹2,823 crore for Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) Phase II, ₹454 crore for digital libraries at Gram Panchayat/Ward level, ₹130 crore for rural stadiums and open gyms, ₹57 crore for 1,000 multipurpose Panchayat Bhawans, and ₹100 crore for Panchayat Utsav Bhawans/Barat Ghars. These initiatives combine sanitation, digital access, sports and community infrastructure at the grassroots level.
Coverage: Gram Panchayats and rural communities across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹32,090 crore for Panchayati Raj

Urban Development Department

Scheme: Chief Minister Urban Expansion and New City Promotion Scheme
Launched: 2026–27
Key details: ₹3,500 crore has been set aside specifically for planned expansion into new urban growth hubs. New housing schemes are being launched in Meerut, Agra and Lucknow, while Bulandshahr is receiving such an intervention for the first time.
Coverage: Statewide; 113 new urban local bodies created and 127 expanded since 2017
Latest budget: ₹26,514 crore

Housing and Urban Planning (Awas Vikas) Department

Scheme: Infrastructure funding for the Meerut, Mathura-Vrindavan and Kanpur Development Authorities
Launched: 2026–27
Key details: A dedicated ₹750 crore has been carved out for these three development authorities, within a larger ₹7,705 crore allocation for housing and urban planning.
Coverage: Major metros and their surrounding development-authority zones
Latest budget: ₹7,705 crore

Energy Department

Scheme: PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (rooftop solar) and a statewide smart-metering rollout
Launched: 2024
Key details: Uttar Pradesh now has 17 districts ranked among the country’s top 100 for rooftop solar adoption, and total installed solar capacity has reached 2,815 MW. Smart metering is being expanded to improve billing accuracy and grid reliability.
Coverage: Statewide households and the broader power grid
Latest budget: ₹65,926 crore

Home Department (Police)

Scheme: Police Modernisation and a large-scale recruitment drive
Launched: 2017; Ongoing
Key details: Over 2.19 lakh police personnel have been recruited so far, with 83,122 posts still pending to be filled. The budget also pushes technology-driven law enforcement through CCTV networks, CCTNS-style technology upgrades and modernised police infrastructure.
Coverage: Statewide policing and law-and-order machinery
Latest budget: ₹44,000+ crore

Women and Child Development Department

Scheme: Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana and Mukhyamantri Bal Ashray Yojana
Launched: Ongoing, with expanded child-welfare provisions in 2026–27
Key details: In addition to the Nirashrit Mahila Pension Yojana, Kanya Sumangala Yojana and working-women hostels, the budget provides ₹252 crore for Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana and ₹80 crore for Mukhyamantri Bal Ashray Yojana, strengthening financial and residential support for vulnerable children.
Coverage: Women, girls and vulnerable children across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹18,620 crore for the department

Health & Family Welfare Department

Scheme: Rural health infrastructure and hospital-strengthening programme
Launched: Ongoing, with expanded provisions in 2026–27
Key details: Alongside the National Rural Health Mission, the budget provides dedicated support for strengthening hospitals and rural health infrastructure. The 2026–27 budget provides ₹37,956 crore for Medical, Health & Family Welfare, with provisions for programmes including the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission.
Coverage: Rural and urban health infrastructure across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹37,956 crore

AYUSH Department

Scheme: AYUSH hospital and Ayurvedic/Homoeopathic infrastructure expansion
Launched: Ongoing, scaled up in 2026–27
Key details: Funding supports around 3,900 Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic hospitals across the state, continuing the push to mainstream traditional medicine alongside allopathic care.
Coverage: Statewide
Latest budget: ₹2,867–2,868 crore

Basic Education Department

Scheme: Free student-support package and expansion of smart and residential schools
Launched: Ongoing, with expanded provisions in 2026–27
Key details: In addition to Samagra Shiksha and KGBV expansion, the budget provides ₹650 crore for free uniforms, school bags, shoes/socks and stationery for Classes 1–8, ₹580 crore for residential girls’ schools in blocks without KGBVs, ₹300 crore for Smart Schools, and ₹358 crore for a cashless medical facility for school staff.
Coverage: Government-school students and education staff across the state
Latest budget: ₹77,622 crore

Secondary Education Department

Scheme: Cashless medical treatment for teachers and CM Model Composite Schools
Launched: Cabinet-approved 29 January 2026 (medical scheme); Model Composite Schools ongoing
Key details: A ₹89 crore cashless health scheme now covers roughly 15 lakh teaching and non-teaching staff and their families in government-aided secondary schools. Two CM Model Composite Schools are being built in each of the state’s 75 districts.
Coverage: Government and aided secondary schools statewide
Latest budget: Allocation folded into the wider education outlay; medical scheme specifically ₹89 crore

Higher Education Department

Scheme: New state universities and a student mental-health and welfare policy
Launched: 2026–27
Key details: Two new universities have been announced — Swami Shukdevanand University in Shahjahanpur and Kashi Naresh University in Bhadohi, with ₹21 crore each. A new student mental-health policy for higher-education institutions receives ₹14.5 crore, addressing an important student-welfare gap.
Coverage: State universities and affiliated colleges
Latest budget: Approximately ₹3,500 crore, with the above new allocations separately identified

Industries and Commerce / MSME Department

Industrial infrastructure: The budget provides ₹5,000 crore for the expansion and creation of industrial areas and ₹575 crore for the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Employment and Industrial Zone.
Entrepreneurship and employment: CM-YUVA receives ₹1,000 crore, while Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana receives ₹225 crore. CM-YUVA aims to promote one lakh new micro-enterprises annually and support youth entrepreneurship.
District-product promotion: One District One Dish (ODOD) receives ₹75 crore, supporting the promotion of district-specific food products.
Coverage: Entrepreneurs, MSMEs and industrial clusters across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹27,103 crore for infrastructure and industrial development, including ₹3,822 crore for MSMEs.

Handloom, Textile and Khadi Department

Scheme: Atal Bihari Vajpayee Powerloom Electricity Flat Rate Scheme, UP Textile & Garmenting Policy 2022, textile-sector skill development and PM MITRA Mega Textile Park
Launched: Ongoing, with expanded textile-sector interventions in 2026–27
Key details: The budget provides ₹4,423 crore for the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Powerloom Electricity Flat Rate Scheme, ₹150 crore under the UP Textile & Garmenting Policy 2022, and ₹150 crore for textile-sector training and skill development. The PM MITRA Mega Textile Park is intended to create a world-class textile and garmenting hub and strengthen employment opportunities in the sector.
Coverage: Powerloom, handloom and textile clusters across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹5,041 crore

Social Welfare Department

Scheme: Post-Matric and Pre-Matric Scholarships, old-age and social-security pensions, and welfare support
Launched: Ongoing, with continued support in 2026–27
Key details: ₹3,060.5 crore goes to pre- and post-matric scholarships, while ₹8,950 crore covers old-age and farmer pensions benefiting around 67.5 lakh people at ₹1,000 per month. The department also supports marriage grants and other social-security measures.
Coverage: SC, ST, OBC and economically weaker sections statewide
Latest budget: ₹14,953 crore

Minority Welfare Department

Scheme: Prime Minister Jan Vikas Karyakram and minority scholarships
Launched: 2018; Ongoing
Key details: The Jan Vikas Karyakram is active across 21 minority-concentration districts. ₹391 crore is allocated for pre- and post-matric scholarships for minority students, while the wider programme supports infrastructure and development in minority-concentration areas.
Coverage: 21 designated minority-concentration districts, plus statewide scholarship access
Latest budget: ₹2,058 crore for minority welfare overall; ₹500 crore for the Jan Vikas Karyakram specifically

Tribal Welfare Department

Scheme: Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN)
Launched: 2 October 2024
Key details: The scheme aims to improve socio-economic conditions in tribal-dominated villages through convergence across multiple government departments, with particular attention to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).
Coverage: Tribal-concentration districts and villages
Latest budget: Integrated into broader tribal and social-welfare provisions

Irrigation Department (Jal Shakti)

Scheme: Madhya Ganga Canal Phase II and Ken-Betwa Link Project
Launched: Ongoing, with continued implementation in 2026–27
Key details: The budget continues major irrigation and water-resource investments, including Madhya Ganga Canal Phase II and the Ken-Betwa Link Project, alongside the wider irrigation and flood-control programme.
Coverage: Irrigation-dependent districts and flood- or water-stressed areas across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹18,290 crore for irrigation and flood control

Public Works Department (PWD)

Scheme: State Road Fund, North-South Corridor, bridge construction and industrial/logistics connectivity
Launched: Ongoing, with significant infrastructure expansion in 2026–27
Key details: The budget provides ₹3,000 crore for road maintenance, ₹3,000 crore for construction, widening and strengthening, ₹400 crore for the North-South Corridor, ₹4,808 crore for bridges, ₹1,700 crore for rail overbridges/underbridges, ₹3,700 crore for state/major/other district roads, ₹1,500 crore for bypasses, ring roads and flyovers, and ₹1,000 crore for access roads to industrial and logistics parks.
Coverage: Statewide road and bridge network
Latest budget: ₹34,468 crore for roads and bridges

Civil Aviation Department

Scheme: Jewar International Airport and expansion of aviation infrastructure
Launched: Ongoing, with continued expansion in 2026–27
Key details: The budget provides ₹750 crore for Jewar International Airport, which is being developed as a major international aviation and logistics hub. The wider civil-aviation allocation supports expansion of air connectivity and aviation infrastructure in the state.
Coverage: Statewide, with Jewar/Noida as the major aviation hub
Latest budget: ₹2,111 crore for civil aviation

Transport Department

Scheme: Statewide road-transport and mobility infrastructure
Launched: Ongoing (since 2017)
Key details: The transport budget supports road-based mobility and public-transport infrastructure, complementing the large PWD investment in roads and bridges. The government is also supporting electric mobility through the expansion of EV buses.
Coverage: Statewide
Latest budget: ₹50,391 crore for the transport sector

Labour and Employment Department

Scheme: Uttar Pradesh Employment Mission and Atal Residential Schools
Launched: 2026–27
Key details: The Uttar Pradesh Employment Mission Committee has been provided ₹200 crore to coordinate and promote employment opportunities, while ₹70 crore is allocated for Atal Residential Schools providing residential education for workers’ children. The Employment Mission is intended to strengthen employment coordination, skill mapping, and placement opportunities.
Coverage: Workers and job-seeking youth across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹200 crore for the Employment Mission Committee and ₹70 crore for Atal Residential Schools

Cooperative Department

Scheme: Cooperative-sector strengthening, including grain-storage infrastructure and cooperative-bank support
Launched: Ongoing, with new infrastructure provisions in 2026–27
Key details: The budget places emphasis on strengthening cooperative institutions and rural financial infrastructure. It also provides for new grain-storage facilities, with ₹25 crore earmarked for cooperative warehousing under the grain-storage programme.
Coverage: Rural areas and cooperative institutions across the state
Latest budget: ₹5,500 crore for the cooperative sector; ₹25 crore specifically for new cooperative grain-storage/warehouse infrastructure

Tourism Department

Scheme: Mukhyamantri Paryatan Sthal Vikas Yojana and destination-specific tourism infrastructure
Launched: 2026–27
Key details: The budget provides ₹500 crore under the Mukhyamantri Paryatan Sthal Vikas Yojana, including ₹150 crore for Ayodhya tourism infrastructure, ₹100 crore for Naimisharanya, ₹130 crore for Braj Tirth development, ₹100 crore for Vindhyavasini Dham, and ₹100 crore for Varanasi tourist facilities. The package strengthens Uttar Pradesh’s pilgrimage, cultural and destination-based tourism infrastructure.
Coverage: Ayodhya, Braj/Mathura, Naimisharanya, Vindhyavasini Dham, Varanasi and other tourism destinations
Latest budget: ₹500 crore under the CM Tourism Places Development Scheme, with additional destination-specific provisions

Youth Welfare Department

Scheme: Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Scheme and CM Youth Entrepreneur Scheme
Launched: Ongoing, with continued implementation in 2026–27
Key details: The government continues the distribution of tablets and smartphones to young people under the Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Scheme while supporting youth entrepreneurship through interest-free loans under the CM Youth Entrepreneur Scheme. The initiatives combine digital access with enterprise creation and employment generation.
Coverage: Youth across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹2,374 crore

Animal Husbandry Department

Scheme: Animal husbandry and livestock health development, including animal disease control, veterinary services, and cattle-conservation infrastructure
Launched: Ongoing, with expanded provisions in 2026–27
Key details: The budget continues to support for livestock development and animal-health services, including veterinary infrastructure, disease-control measures, and facilities for the conservation and maintenance of cattle. The department remains an important component of the agriculture-allied sector.
Coverage: Statewide, covering livestock farmers, cattle and veterinary institutions
Latest budget: Approximately ₹5,500 crore

Dairy Development Department

Scheme: Dairy development and milk-production infrastructure
Launched: Ongoing, with new infrastructure provisions in 2026–27
Key details: The budget supports expansion of dairy infrastructure and milk-production systems, including strengthening dairy-related institutions and services to improve milk collection, processing, and farmer participation in the dairy economy.
Coverage: Statewide dairy-producing communities and milk cooperatives
Latest budget: ₹150 crore

Fisheries Department

Scheme: Integrated Aqua Park and modern fish-market infrastructure
Launched: 2026–27
Key details: The government is developing modern fisheries infrastructure, including an Integrated Aqua Park and a state-of-the-art wholesale fish market and processing ecosystem. The initiative aims to improve fish production, processing, marketing and value addition while strengthening livelihoods in the fisheries sector.
Coverage: Fisheries-producing districts across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹1,300 crore for the fisheries sector

Technical Education Department

Scheme: Modernisation and expansion of polytechnic and technical education institutions
Launched: Ongoing, with renewed emphasis in 2026–27
Key details: The budget continues support for technical education and polytechnic institutions, with the broader objective of upgrading infrastructure, improving technical training and strengthening the employability of students entering industrial and technology-oriented sectors.
Coverage: Technical institutions and students across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Included within the technical-education demand

Skill Development Department

Scheme: Skill Development Mission and expansion of Skill Development Centres
Launched: Ongoing, with expansion planned in 2026–27
Key details: The government plans to expand the capacity of Skill Development Training Centres and establish new centres, including women-focused centres, while increasing private-sector participation and strengthening links between training and job placement.
Coverage: Statewide youth and women seeking employment-oriented skills
Latest budget: Included within the broader skill-development allocation

Culture Department

Scheme: Cultural and heritage infrastructure development
Launched: Ongoing, with new cultural infrastructure projects in 2026–27
Key details: The budget provides for strengthening museums, cultural institutions and heritage-related infrastructure, supporting Uttar Pradesh’s cultural tourism and preservation ecosystem.
Coverage: Statewide, particularly major cultural and heritage centres
Latest budget: Included within the broader culture and tourism-related outlay

Sports and Youth Welfare Department

Scheme: Rural stadiums, open gyms and grassroots sports infrastructure
Launched: 2026–27
Key details: The government is expanding sports infrastructure beyond major urban centres by providing rural stadiums and open gyms. The initiative is intended to increase grassroots participation and create better sporting facilities for young people in rural areas.
Coverage: Rural areas across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹130 crore for rural stadiums and open gyms

Disability Empowerment Department

Scheme: Divyangjan social-security and support programmes
Launched: Ongoing, with continued support in 2026–27
Key details: The department provides social-security assistance and welfare support for persons with disabilities, including pension and care-oriented interventions.
Coverage: Persons with disabilities across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Department-specific schemes included within the broader social-welfare allocation

Backward Classes Welfare Department

Scheme: Pre- and post-matric scholarships, marriage grants and hostels for OBC students
Launched: 2017; Ongoing
Key details: The budget provides ₹3,060.5 crore for pre- and post-matric scholarships for backward-class students, ₹210 crore for marriage grants to eligible OBC families and ₹20 crore for hostels for backward-class students. The package combines educational support, social assistance and residential infrastructure.
Coverage: Backward-class students and eligible families statewide
Latest budget: ₹3,402 crore

Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department

Scheme: Antyodaya Yojana, Free LPG Cylinder Refilling Scheme and Annapurna Bhawans
Launched: Ongoing, with additional support in 2026–27
Key details: The budget provides ₹15,480 crore for Antyodaya Yojana, ₹1,500 crore for the Free LPG Cylinder Refilling Scheme, and ₹500 crore for Annapurna Bhawans. Together, these measures strengthen food security, provide household energy support and improve last-mile food-distribution infrastructure.
Coverage: Low-income and food-insecure households across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹20,124 crore for Food & Logistics
related provisions

Additional Sources of Energy Department

Scheme: Solar-energy and renewable-energy development
Launched: Ongoing, with expanded renewable-energy initiatives in 2026–27
Key details: The department supports expansion of renewable-energy generation and adoption, including solar-energy infrastructure and decentralised renewable-energy solutions across Uttar Pradesh.
Coverage: Households, farmers, institutions and renewable-energy projects across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Additional Sources of Energy Department

Administrative Reforms Department

Scheme: Administrative modernisation and e-governance
Launched: Ongoing
Key details: The department supports administrative reforms, improved government processes and modernisation of public administration to improve efficiency and citizen-oriented service delivery.
Coverage: Government departments and public-service delivery systems across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Administrative Reforms Department

Appointment and Personnel Department

Scheme: Personnel administration and recruitment
Launched: Ongoing
Key details: The department manages personnel policy, recruitment, service matters and human-resource administration for the state government.
Coverage: State government employees and recruitment processes across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Appointment and Personnel Department

Civil Defence Department

Scheme: Civil-defence preparedness and emergency response
Launched: Ongoing
Key details: The department supports emergency preparedness, training and response capacity for disasters and other emergencies, strengthening community-level resilience.
Coverage: Citizens and communities across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Civil Defence Department

Commercial Tax Department

Scheme: GST administration and tax-compliance strengthening
Launched: Ongoing
Key details: The department administers state indirect taxation and supports digital tax administration, compliance and revenue mobilisation under the GST framework.
Coverage: Businesses, traders and taxpayers across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Commercial Tax Department

Consolidation Department

Scheme: Land-consolidation and record-management programme
Launched: Ongoing
Key details: The department undertakes consolidation of agricultural landholdings and related land-record processes to reduce fragmentation and improve land administration.
Coverage: Rural landholders and agricultural communities across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Consolidation Department

Department of Legal Metrology (Weights & Measures)

Scheme: Legal-metrology infrastructure strengthening
Launched: New provisions in 2026–27
Key details: The budget provides for strengthening infrastructure for regulation and verification of weights and measures, including laboratory and related facilities.
Coverage: Consumers, traders and commercial establishments across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹5.25 crore for laboratory-building construction, along with related provisions

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department

Scheme: Environmental protection, afforestation and climate action
Launched: Ongoing, with continued provisions in 2026–27
Key details: The department supports afforestation, biodiversity conservation, environmental protection and climate-related interventions across the state.
Coverage: Forests, wildlife, ecosystems and communities across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental/sectoral provisions under the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department

Excise Department

Scheme: Excise administration and enforcement infrastructure
Launched: 1910; Ongoing
Key details: The department supports regulation and enforcement of excise activities, strengthening administrative infrastructure and monitoring mechanisms across the state.
Coverage: Licensed establishments, producers, distributors and excise administration across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Excise Department

Externally Aided Projects Department

Scheme: Externally aided development projects
Launched: 2000; Ongoing
Key details: The department coordinates externally aided projects financed through international development institutions, supporting infrastructure and development programmes in the state.
Coverage: Development projects and beneficiary communities across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Externally Aided Projects Department

Film Bandhu Department

Scheme: Uttar Pradesh Film Policy and film-production promotion
Launched: 2001; Ongoing
Key details: The department promotes film production in Uttar Pradesh through incentives, facilitation and development of the state’s film ecosystem.
Coverage: Film producers, production companies, artists and creative-sector workers across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under Film Bandhu

Food Safety and Drug Administration Department

Scheme: Food and drug safety regulation
Launched: 2008; Ongoing
Key details: The department regulates food and pharmaceutical products, undertakes testing and inspection, and works to strengthen consumer safety and compliance.
Coverage: Consumers, food businesses, pharmaceutical establishments and manufacturers across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department

Ground Water Department

Scheme: Climate-based groundwater exploration and development
Launched: New provision in 2026–27
Key details: The 2026–27 budget introduces provisions for climate-based groundwater exploration and development to improve assessment and sustainable management of groundwater resources.
Coverage: Groundwater-dependent agricultural and rural areas across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹1.15 crore

Department of IT & Electronics

Scheme: Uttar Pradesh AI Mission, New & Emerging Technology Mission, Electronics Components Manufacturing Policy and Data Centre Clusters
Launched: 2026–27
Key details: The budget provides ₹225 crore for the Uttar Pradesh AI Mission, ₹70 crore for the New & Emerging Technology Mission, ₹100 crore for the Electronics Components Manufacturing Policy, and ₹100 crore for Data Centre Clusters. It additionally provides ₹32.82 crore for IndiaAI Centres of Excellence/Data Labs, ₹100 crore for Tech Yuva-Samarth, ₹70 crore for U-Hub, ₹117.63 crore for UPSWAN 3.0, ₹100 crore for State Data Centre 2.0, ₹95.16 crore for the Cyber Security Operations Centre and ₹6 crore for the Startup Mission Directorate.
Coverage: Statewide, with major technology and electronics clusters around Noida, Greater Noida and other emerging centres
Latest budget: ₹2,059 crore

Minor Irrigation Department

Scheme: Minor Irrigation Branch Training Scheme
Launched: New provision in 2026–27
Key details: The budget includes a provision for training under the Minor Irrigation Branch, supporting institutional capacity in minor irrigation and water-resource management.
Coverage: Irrigation personnel and irrigation-dependent agricultural areas across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹1.07 crore

Revenue Department

Scheme: Revenue administration and land-record management
Launched: 1901; Ongoing
Key details: The department manages land and revenue administration, land records and related public services, forming a core part of the state’s rural administrative system.
Coverage: Landholders and rural communities across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Revenue Department

Savings Department

Scheme: Small-savings mobilisation and financial inclusion
Launched: 1873; Ongoing
Key details: The department supports mobilisation and administration of small savings, encouraging household savings and access to government-backed savings instruments.
Coverage: Households and small savers across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under the Savings Department

Stamp and Registration Department

Scheme: Modernisation of registration offices
Launched: New provisions in 2026–27
Key details: The 2026–27 budget includes new provisions for construction of front offices at Sub-Registrar offices and construction of office buildings for the Stamp and Registration Department, strengthening property-registration infrastructure.
Coverage: Property buyers, sellers and registration offices across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: ₹10 crore for front-office construction and ₹0.99 crore for office-building construction

Town and Country Planning Department

Scheme: Planned urban and regional development
Launched: 1973; Ongoing
Key details: The department supports preparation and implementation of master plans and planned development of urban and peri-urban areas across the state.
Coverage: Urban and developing regions across Uttar Pradesh
Latest budget: Departmental provision under Town and Country Planning

Conclusion

The Uttar Pradesh Budget 2026–27 focuses on a combination of infrastructure development, employment generation, and welfare, with significant attention to farmers, women, youth, students, and vulnerable groups. The large allocation for new schemes, along with continued investment in roads, irrigation, education, healthcare and industrial development, reflects the government’s broader aim of supporting both economic growth and social development.

At the same time, the real impact of the Budget will depend on how effectively these schemes are implemented and reach people across the state. Given the size and regional diversity of Uttar Pradesh, ensuring timely delivery, proper utilisation of funds and equal access to benefits will be important in determining whether the Budget’s stated objectives translate into meaningful improvements in people’s lives.

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Mannat Abbot is pursuing a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics at the College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi, and serves as a Research & Editorial Intern at IMPRI. Her interests include public policy, economics, macroeconomics, economic policy, and evidence-based policymaking, with a particular focus on research and data-driven analysis.

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