UP riding high on improved law & order: Ministers

In his reply to a question on what the state has done to boost tourism, Tourism Minister Jaiveer said that the single-biggest factor behind the state registering record tourist arrivals is improved law and order.

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Hesaid thatin schools, enrolment rosefrom 11.2 million to19 million, cheating mafias were brought under control, and around 800,000 new government jobs were created without favour or nepotism. “The number of medical colleges in the state has now doubled toalmost81 inboth public and private sectors, of which more than 40 were added in the past eight years,” said Pathak.

That's not all —the numberof primary health centres, district hospitals, and community health centres hasshown an exponential rise. “Currently, we are providing almost 400 medicines free of cost in state government health centres, which in 2017 was just a few hundred when we assumed office,” he said. He said UP was broughtoutofa ‘Jungle Raj’ dueto theefficient administration ofthe Yogi Adityanath government.