By IANS
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Lalji Verma Tuesday presented a tax-free budget of Rs.1.12 trillion ($28 billion) for fiscal 2008-09 that begins April this year.
The main opposition Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party boycotted the budget speech.
The budget estimated a receipt of Rs.1,108 billion and an expenditure of Rs.1,124 billion.