The Uttar Pradesh government, on Thursday in budget for 2019-20, has announced a medical university in the state in the name of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The state has earmarked Rs. 50 crore for the construction of the medical college. Similarly, the budget has also proposed Rs. 10 crore for setting up an AYUSH University in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh finance minister Rajesh Agarwal today presented a Rs. 4.79 lakh crore budget, and announced populist schemes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The annual budget presented today is 12 per cent higher than the 2018-19 budget of Rs. 4,28,384.52 crore. The budget includes new schemes totalling Rs. 21,212.95 crore. "Rs. 50 crore has been proposed in the budget to set up the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University in Lucknow. Similarly, Rs. 10 crore has been proposed for setting up an Ayush University in the state," Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal said in his budget speech. In another announcement, the budget has made a provision of Rs. 26.57 crore to set up Sainik schools in the state. Apart from allocations for the medical colleges and Sainik schools, a provision of Rs. 10 crore has been made to set up government inter colleges (both boys and girls) in the state, according to the budget speech. Mr Agarwal announced a number of new populist schemes, including "Kanya Sumangala Yojana" to raise health and educational standard of girls, "brighten their future and bring in a positive change in the thinking towards women." An amount of Rs. 1,200 crore has been proposed for the Yojana.