Questioning the hype around Uttar Pradesh’s ‘revenue surplus’ in 10 charts

Highlighting about the state’s economic growth at his government’s Industry Leaders Roadshow in Bengaluru on June 24, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath underlined how the state had become “revenue surplus in the last six years” while shedding the image of being a “BIMARU” state; it was an unpleasant term for a group of north Indian states that were lagging behind developmental indicators.

In his recent speeches about the economic transformation that Uttar Pradesh witnessed after he assumed office as Chief Minister in 2017, Mr. Adityanath rarely neglects to mention this “achievement” of revenue surplus.