Lucknow, Feb 22 (PTI) The Yogi Adityanath government on Monday presented its first paperless budget in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

The budget for 2021-22 was presented by the state's Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna in the presence of the chief minister.

Reading out the budget speech from a laptop, Khanna said the target was to make Uttar Pradesh "Aatmanirbhar" and ensure all round development of the state.

This is the fifth budget of the present government in the state before the UP Assembly elections due early next year.

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