U.P. Will Be a Trillion Dollar Economy by 2029: CM

CM also says state's growth rate is highest in country, U.P. has lifted six crore people above poverty line in eight years

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath declared that Uttar Pradesh will become a trillion-dollar economy by 2029 and attacked the Opposition for calling the objective unachievable.

He also said India would become a five-trillion dollar economy by 2027.

This is the first time that the chief minister has set a deadline of sorts for U.P. to achieve the trillion-dollar economy target. The state government had drawn a roadmap in 2022 and a five-year timeline was worked out to achieve this objective, he said.

Uttar Pradesh, which has all the resources, was placed in the category of a BIMARU state by the Samajwadi Party-led government but has become the second largest economy in the country now and will surely become a trillion-dollar economy in 2029, the chief minister said.

(BIMARU is an acronym used to describe the economic backwardness of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.)

"I assure the House. Uttar Pradesh will not only become a trillion-dollar economy by 2029, it will also become the largest economy in the country," Yogi Adityanath said, replying to a question by Samajwadi Party member Ragini during Question Hour in the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly here.