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The Chief Minister said that on the Prime Minister's instruction, the citizens are devotedly working to create a developed India with "Panchpran" today.

The Chief Minister stated that the state of Uttar Pradesh, which has a population of about 25 crore, is not only India's largest consumer and labor market, but also has abundant natural resources as well as fertile plains with the presence of continuously flowing rivers like the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saryu.

“The Uttar Pradesh government has a policy of zero tolerance towards crime and corruption. The contribution of Uttar Pradesh to the country's GDP is more than 8 percent. Uttar Pradesh has resolved to grow into trillion dollar economy in the next five years in order to achieve the Prime Minister's target of making the country's economy five trillion dollars,” he said.

He added that more than 22,000 MoUs of about Rs 35 lakh crore were signed in the UP Global Investors Summit-2023 in February in the state capital Lucknow, which will create more than 1 crore employment opportunities.

Uttar Pradesh has made remarkable progress in developing world-class infrastructure-

The Chief Minister said that Uttar Pradesh has the maximum number of 96 lakh MSME units. “The state government is constantly striving and committed to the development of this sector. Each district of the state has a unique identity of its traditional product. The state government has done the work of taking these products to a new height by declaring them ODOPs.”

Asserting that Uttar Pradesh has made remarkable progress in developing world-class infrastructure, Yogi said, “Uttar Pradesh is developing as 'Express-way Pradesh' with 13 existing and proposed expressways. Three international airports are operational in the state whereas two new international airports are under construction in Ayodhya and Noida.”

Similarly Uttar Pradesh Warehousing and Logistics Policy, City Development Plan, State Capital Region (SCR) were also discussed in the meeting.

Ayushman cards distributed to more than 1 crore families-

Referring to the minimization of compliances, the Chief Minister said that 4,094 compliances of about 40 departments were minimised. Also, 577 compliances were reduced under decriminalization category. Apart from this, 947 unnecessary acts/regulations/rules etc. have been abolished.

Talking about women empowerment, he said that in the last 6 years, extensive efforts have been made in the state to provide safe environment to women. Uttar Pradesh has been awarded the first prize in the implementation of ICIS for prosecution for two consecutive years (2021 and 2022) by the Government of India.

In terms of health and nutrition, the Chief Minister said that in the last six years, there was unprecedented success in the control of communicable diseases, especially JE and AES in eastern Uttar Pradesh. About 21.40 lakh poor beneficiaries have been treated under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. Along with this, Ayushman cards have been distributed to more than 1 crore families.

CM lists the achievements of skill development-

Mentioning the work done on skill development in the state, the Chief Minister said that under this, about 15 lakh youth have been trained and more than 6 lakh youth have been employed by the year 2022-23. “Training in drone technology has been started in selected ITIs of the state. Along with this, training of students and trainers has been started in robotics, artificial intelligence and advanced computing.”

The Chief Minister said that in the first phase of PM Gati Shakti, 30 mandatory layers are fully integrated and certified in the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan Portal (NMP).