UP presented a supplementary budget of Rs.28,760 crore

Current Context: The Uttar Pradesh government presented its first supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 in the state legislative assembly on November 30, 2023.

• The size of this supplementary budget for the financial year 2023-24 is more than Rs 28,760.67 crore.
• This budget was presented by Finance Minister Suresh Khanna.
• However, it’s worth noting that the Leader of Opposition and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav criticized the supplementary budget, pointing out that the BJP government in the state has passed a supplementary budget.
• Although it has “failed to spend 65 per cent of the outlay of the main budget.

Question:

Q.1 Which state in India recently presented a supplementary budget of Rs.28,760 crore?
a. Bihar
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Rajasthan