Lucknow, Feb 5 (TIWN) The Budget presentation in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on February 19 will be read out by the state's Finance Minister Suresh Khanna from his tablet and not paper.

This will be the first time that the state Budget will go digital, like the Union Budget.  The legislators will not get printed booklets of the Budget but can view it on their tablets and phones on the given link.  A training session for legislators in the use of devices will be held from February 11 to 13 by officials of the National Informatics Centre. 

The state government is also conducting a training workshop for Ministers and senior officials for seamless transition to the e-cabinet system with an emphasis on security protocols. 

Ministers were advised to undertake training at home to achieve hands-on comfort with the new system.  The first e-cabinet meeting was held on Tuesday through several minister struggled with the new technology. 

"Following the mantra of 'Minimum Government and Maximum Governance', the Chief Minister decided to implement paperless cabinet meetings, paperless Budget presentation and paperless proceedings of the legislature. He has already set rolling a digital policy to push governance in the country's most populous state from direct beneficiary transfer to accounts and use of e-POS machines," a state government spokesperson said.