LUCKNOW, Feb. 10 -- As the Yogi Adityanath government 2.0 prepares to present its tenth annual budget for 2026-27 ahead of the UP assembly elections in 2027, the focus is expected to be on giving a strong push to ongoing projects, implementing earlier announcements and shaping a people-centric budget while maintaining fiscal discipline.

Likely to be around Rs.9 lakh crore, the budget is expected to place greater emphasis on initiatives aligned with the state's one-trillion-dollar economy vision targeted for 2029-30 and the 'Viksit Uttar Pradesh@2047' roadmap, apart from keeping in view the upcoming assembly polls.

The Yogi government's 2025-26 budget stood at Rs.8.08 lakh crore, a rise of 9.81% from the 2024-25 budget, followed by a sup...