The face of small and medium cities of Uttar Pradesh is going to change with the General Budget 2026 presented on Sunday (February 1). Because the allocation for Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities has been increased by Rs 5000 crore in the budget. There are about 45 cities in this category of states and it is estimated that these cities will get Rs 900 crore. After which the pace of development of these cities will increase further.

The government’s focus is now not on big cities and metros but on small and town areas. A glimpse of this can be seen in this time’s budget. Along with facilities for the citizens, avenues for overall development will be opened in the cities.

Tourism cities will develop

Rs 5 thousand crores have been given in the budget for Tier-2 and Tier-3 category cities. In this, tourism related districts including Ayodhya where religious cities will also be included. The infrastructure development work of these cities will gain momentum.

tier-2 cities included in

Talking about Tier-2 cities in the state, it includes Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Noida, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Aligarh, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Jhansi and Mathura.

tier-3 cities included in

Till now 30 districts of the state have been identified in Tier-3. This includes 9 cities of Eastern UP, 9 of West UP, 6 of Central UP, 5 of Bundelkhand and 5 other cities.

Work will be done on roads, electricity and water.

With the budget, civic amenities will be further improved in these identified cities, in which the focus will be on basic things like roads, transportation improvements, electricity and water.

Emphasis on local funding

This time in the general budget, by expanding the scope of municipal bonds, new opportunities for development and employment have been given to small municipal bodies, in which now along with municipal corporations, municipal councils and panchayats will also be able to issue municipal bonds. In UP, 200 municipalities and more than 100 nagar panchayats are likely to benefit from this.