The race to $1trillion economy among states: Who gets there first?

The bigger the state's economy, the better placed it is to reach that proverbial milestone

As India goes through a phase of sustained economic recovery post Covid-19 pandemic, a number of states have set themselves ambitious targets for their gross state domestic product (GSDP) to hit $1 trillion.

Such an instance of competitive federalism was encouraged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself in 2018 when he inaugurated an investor summit in Uttar Pradesh.

“Can Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh compete with each other to become a trillion-dollar economy? Will the UP government compete with other states? The more there is competition among states, the more there will be investment,” the prime minister had said.

Since then,