LUCKNOW, Dec. 17 -- The Uttar Pradesh government's major departments have not been able to overall use even half of the budgetary funds in the first eight months of 2025-2026 from April 1, 2025, to November 30. As the average performance of various departments in terms of use of funds remains well below the halfway mark, the poor expenditure remains a cause of concern.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath also presided over a high-level meeting at Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan here on Tuesday to review the performance of various departments and issue necessary directives to bring about an improvement on the fund utilisation front.

"Yes, various major departments have been able to use only about 49 percent of the budgeted funds up to now. Chief m...