New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh is shifting strongly in the direction of turning into a USD 1 trillion economic system, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath mentioned on Wednesday, highlighting the state’s benefits in infrastructure, logistics, industrial development and good governance as key drivers of its financial growth.
Addressing UP-Japan Investment Meet 2026, CM Adityanath mentioned that the state has repeatedly improved and stands amongst the nation’s high three economies.
‘We are shifting strongly in the direction of turning into a one-trillion-dollar economic system,’ the CM mentioned, stressing, ‘Uttar Pradesh has the benefit of infrastructure, logistics, industrial development, and good governance.’
Further highlighting the state’s financial progress, Adityanath mentioned, ‘In the previous 9 years, we’ve succeeded in tripling Uttar Pradesh’s funds, GSDP, and per capita revenue. Women’s workforce participation has additionally elevated greater than threefold.’
He additionally highlighted the state’s increasing infrastructure, noting that ‘multimodal logistics and industrial corridors, electronics and semiconductor ecosystems, and data-centre infrastructure are repeatedly increasing.’
Adityanath mentioned Uttar Pradesh accounts for 60 per cent of the nation’s complete expressways and has 17 airports, India’s largest railway community, metro networks, the nation’s first Rapid Rail, first inland waterway, two devoted freight corridors and logistics hubs, offering global-standard connectivity.
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan emphasised leveraging Japanese expertise and experience to learn Indian farmers on the UP-Japan Investment Meet 2026.
Pitching Uttar Pradesh as a robust vacation spot for Japanese funding, he mentioned the India-Japan partnership shouldn’t be restricted to funding, however ought to prolong its advantages to farmers, youth and the agricultural economic system.
Adding to this, he famous, India’s huge market, massive younger inhabitants and vital agricultural potential, mixed with Japan’s technological and industrial experience, may open new alternatives within the agriculture sector.
Chouhan urged Japanese industries and establishments to develop applied sciences and equipment which are helpful and simply accessible to small and marginal farmers.
He mentioned the state has the potential to mix Japan’s technological experience with Uttar Pradesh’s expertise and market alternatives to create new avenues for employment, innovation and sustainable development.
However, Chouhan confused there’s a want for applied sciences that may enhance farm productiveness, cut back water consumption and manufacturing prices, and lift farmers’ incomes. The Minister additionally referred to as for better participation of rural youth within the agriculture expertise ecosystem.
He emphasised that nearer coordination between agriculture and manufacturing may assist develop applied sciences suited to farmers’ wants.
The UP-Japan Investment Meet 2026 is being held from August 18 to 23 throughout Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, with greater than 200 Japanese industrialists, CEOs, enterprise representatives and policymakers.
Further, bilateral commerce between India and Japan stood at round USD 27.5 billion in 2025-26. Exports from Japan to India throughout this era have been USD 21.43 billion and imports have been USD 6.04 billion with India rating 14th in Japan’s complete commerce with 1.75% share, as per authorities knowledge. (ANI)