TORCHBEARERS OF PROGRESS

Uttar Pradesh government has made considerable strides in the last few years that have culminated in cumulative growth projections for the state in 2023. As a pioneer in setting new benchmarks, UP has emerged at the top on several fronts and made significant progress in development-based projects and undertakings

• Leading in the country as the ‘Expressway Capital’ of India with 6 operational expressways and 7 under construction

• Approval granted for development of 94 road routes along international and interstate border

• UP has the highest number of airports — 5 international and 16 domestic airports

• Noida’s Jewar airport, poised to be the largest airport in Asia

• Maharishi Valmiki International Airport at Ayodhya Dham inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi

• Largest MSME hub in the country with more than 96 lakh units

• Organised the UP Global Investors Summit 2023 that garnered investment proposals worth more than Rs 40 lakh crore with employment potential for more than 1.10 crore youth

• Achiever State in ‘Ease of Doing Business’

• Contribution of nearly 60% in total mobile manufacturing in the country

• India's first inland waterway developed in the state

• India’s first freight village developed in Varanasi spread across 100 acres

• Country’s first rapid rail service connecting Meerut to Delhi operational

• Rapidly moving towards becoming the state with the highest number of 'Safe Cities' in the country — 17 Municipal Corporations and Gautam Buddha Nagar

• UP ranks third in the country in 'India Smart Cities Award' contest. State emerges as Achiever State in 10 categories at India Smart Cities Conclave 2023

• India’s first public transport ropeway system is being developed in Varanasi

• Honoured as the ‘Best State in Skill Development’ by ASSOCHAM

• First state in the country to implement skilldevelopment policy

• First state in the country to make maximum purchases under e-market place (GEM)

• Leading state in raising funds from banks and other financial institutions during fiscal year 2022-23, capturing a 16.2% share

• Called the ‘Food Basket’ of India, leading in the production of wheat, milk, sugarcane, sugar, ethanol, potato, mango, guava, mint and gooseberry

• License issued to 284 new khandsari units for the first time in 25 years

• First in Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (rural and urban). As a result, 55.50 lakh houses have been constructed in the state under the scheme. The Centre additionally sanctioned 1.44 lakh additional housing units under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Rural (PMAY-R) for UP for 2023-24

• First in the country in the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Over 2.63 crore farmers in UP have benefitted from this scheme. More than Rs 64,694 crore has been disbursed to UP farmers under the scheme

• First in the country to construct 2.61 crore toilets and to announce all its 75 districts ODF under the Swachh Bharat Mission

• First in the country in implementation of MGNREGA. The state has generated 190 crore man days under MGNREGA, giving employment to 4.85 crore workers

• Excels in inland fisheries. State awarded at the prestigious at the Global Fisheries Conference India - 2023

• North India’s first hyper-scale Data Centre Yotta D1 inaugurated in Greater Noida

• Gautam Buddha Nagar to become one of India’s biggest data centre hubs

• Topmost state in E-tendering system

• Ranks first in the country in conviction rate for crimes against women under the POCSO Act

• UP has the highest number of medical colleges — 65 operational and 22 under construction

• Ayodhya to become a pioneer in North India with the establishment of the first plant dedicated to fuel production from plastic waste with a capacity of 30 tonnes

• Ayodhya to be modelled as the first ‘Solar City’

• With 16.2% share of investment, UP is now the number 1 state in attracting funds for projects from banks/ financial institutions. UP’S share increased from 1.1% in FY 2013-14 to 16.2% in FY 2022-23, a growth of 15 times

• UP added 1,26,000 investors in April 2023 as per National Stock Exchange disclosure — highest in the country

• With 18.4% share, UP has become number 1 destination for domestic tourists as per data shared by Ministry of Tourism for 2022. More than 32 crore domestic tourists visited UP in 2023

• UP is now at number two spot in filing Income Tax Return. In June 2014, Uttar Pradesh reported a modest 1.65 lakh ITR filings. By June 2023, this figure skyrocketed to an impressive 11.92 lakh

• In the last 6 years, special emphasis laid on increasing exports. UP exported worth Rs 1.74 lakh crore in financial year 2022-23. The target has been set to Rs 3 lakh crore in the next five years

• Revenue worth Rs 1,07,407 crore generated from GST in 2022-23, marking a growth of 20.8%

• UP, under the PM Street Vendor's Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM Svanidhi), leads in the country, and over 19.45 lakh eligible street vendors' applications received, of which more than 17.32 lakh applications have successfully been disbursed

• Holds 6th position in software exports in the country with total software export from STPI registered IT/ITES units for FY 22-23 standing at Rs 36,937 crore

• Under Operation 'Kayakalp', 1.40 lakh schools rejuvenated in the state

• Under 'School Chalo' campaign, the number of students enrolled in state-run schools has risen from 1.34 crore in 2017 to 1.92 crore in 2023

• Effective mitigation of AES/JE disease through ‘Dastak’ campaign

• Freed Purvanchal from encephalitis with a reduction in mortality rate by 98%

• UP government developing 17 cities comprising 10 lakh households as ‘Solar Cities’ over the next five years