Trillion dollar economy target: UP CM lays stress on private investment

Says UP will play a major role in India's ambitious $5 trillion economy goal

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has stressed on the importance of attracting private investment for achieving the target of the state becoming a trillion dollar economy by 2024.

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of propelling India as a $5 trillion economy by 2024, Adityanath said while the Centre had taken a bouquet of “positive” steps to realise the ambitious goal, the country’s most populous state, UP, had a major role to play.

He further observed that for India to emerge as a $5 trillion economy, all the states including UP needed to attract greater investment in their respective economies