Varanasi: The parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Varanasi has been given Rs. 281.51 crore within the state Budget 2019-20 under different heads, including Sanskrit studying, religious work and infrastructure construction that comes with the bold KVT hall expansion undertaking. The Budget was offered in Vidhan Sabha on Thursday.
There is a provision of Rs. 21 crore as grant to Kashi Vidyapeeth for selling Sanskrit training, whilst Rs. 21.51 crore has been allocated to Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. Furthermore, a provision of Rs. 207 crore has been made for expansion and beautification of the street from the Ganga bank to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, a fund of Rs. 16 crore will likely be given to Banaras Hindu University BHU) for the established order of Vedic Vigyan Kendra.
Besides, town will also get a percentage from joint funds of Rs. 150 crore for initial works on Metro rail undertaking and Rs. 250 crore for ‘One District-One Product’ (ODOP) scheme. The town will even have a percentage in Rs. 30 crore provisioned for ‘Vishwakarma Shram Samman Yojna’, which targets at benefitting carpenters, tailors, basket weavers, goldsmiths, blacksmiths, potters, sweet makers, barbers, cobblers and masons.
Local weavers would even be benefited because the Budget has provision of Rs. 150 crore to provide electrical energy to energy loom weavers at subsidized charges and Rs. 50 crore for UP Handloom, Powerloom, Silk, Textile and Garmenting Policy-2017.
The Budget additionally proposes to fortify quite a lot of puts related to Sant Kabir, including Lahartara Talab and Kabir Sthal, and the development of the birthplace of Ravidas at Seergovardhanpur. The Budget additionally proposed construction of Sarnath under the Buddhist Circuit.
There is a provision of Rs. 21 crore as grant to Kashi Vidyapeeth for selling Sanskrit training, whilst Rs. 21.51 crore has been allocated to Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. Furthermore, a provision of Rs. 207 crore has been made for expansion and beautification of the street from the Ganga bank to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, a fund of Rs. 16 crore will likely be given to Banaras Hindu University BHU) for the established order of Vedic Vigyan Kendra.
Besides, town will also get a percentage from joint funds of Rs. 150 crore for initial works on Metro rail undertaking and Rs. 250 crore for ‘One District-One Product’ (ODOP) scheme. The town will even have a percentage in Rs. 30 crore provisioned for ‘Vishwakarma Shram Samman Yojna’, which targets at benefitting carpenters, tailors, basket weavers, goldsmiths, blacksmiths, potters, sweet makers, barbers, cobblers and masons.
Local weavers would even be benefited because the Budget has provision of Rs. 150 crore to provide electrical energy to energy loom weavers at subsidized charges and Rs. 50 crore for UP Handloom, Powerloom, Silk, Textile and Garmenting Policy-2017.
The Budget additionally proposes to fortify quite a lot of puts related to Sant Kabir, including Lahartara Talab and Kabir Sthal, and the development of the birthplace of Ravidas at Seergovardhanpur. The Budget additionally proposed construction of Sarnath under the Buddhist Circuit.
With over Rs 280 crore in kitty, Varanasi looks to boost infra, Sanskrit learning
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