Virendra Singh Rawat

PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Reliance among investors; Yogi says rule of law spurred growth as GIDA eyes mega corridor expansion

The Yogi Adityanath government is pitching UP as a major GCC hub, with Lucknow, Noida, Kanpur and Agra at the core of its pitch

The state aims to lower land costs and boost private investment through a plug-and-play model, lease-rental options and expanded industrial land banks

Currently, the city's tourism sector generates between ₹8,000 crore and ₹12,500 crore annually spanning the hospitality, transport, retail, and services sectors

Electronics and IT exports jump sharply, backed by new investments and state incentives

At the Business Standard Samriddhi event in Lucknow, industry leaders said India Inc is gradually embracing the circular economy model, noting its potential to curb pollution

Targetting to become a $1 trillion economy by 2030 and a $6 trillion economy by 2047, UP has long shed its erstwhile image of a laggard state

Building on this momentum, the Yogi Adityanath government has set an ambitious target- by 2047, agriculture and allied activities should contribute $1 trillion to UP's Gross State Domestic Product

Overcrowded buses, weak feeder links and unchecked e-rickshaw growth push residents toward private vehicles

The Indian Industries Association (IIA) will host International Tourism & Hospitality Expo (ITH Expo 2025) in Varanasi from December 18 to19

In the quarter ending September 30, 2025, microfinance institutions (MFI) clocked a growth of almost 4 per cent, with quarterly lending at ₹7,258 crore

UP is among India's top agricultural-producing states. Its food grain production jumped from 55.7 million tonnes (mt) in 2016-17 to nearly 72.5 mt in 2024-25

A vast majority of the land has been acquired in the Jhansi district, the most prominent hub of the Bundelkhand region

According to the UP State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA), the projects will come in Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Rampur and other cities

Millers say the hike will raise costs and squeeze margins; opposition calls it inadequate, while the state claims the 8% rise will add Rs 3,000 crore to farmers' income

The Yogi Adityanath government raises the state advised price of sugarcane by ₹30 per quintal, benefiting 4.5 million farmers and boosting income by ₹3,000 crore

To leverage India's growing GCC ecosystem, the UP state is wooing major global players such as Microsoft and Adobe to set up their units in the Noida-Greater Noida region

While procurement of paddy began in the western UP districts on October 1, the process will commence on November 1 in the eastern UP region

The UP government is also mulling floating solar power plants across 37 major reservoirs in UP

Ayodhya Deepotsav 2025: The UP government also made a new record of 2,128 devotees performing an 'arti' simultaneously on the Saryu banks