(T.E.T)
The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday made a renewed call to hire a consultant to help the state fulfil the target of expanding its economy to $1 trillion in the next five years. The announcement came less than a week after the BJP won the assembly polls. The Yogi Adityanath-led government had notified the need for a consultant in 2020, after which eight firms submitted bids, including Deloitte, Boston Consulting Group, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and Grant Thornton, according to officials of the state planning department, but the process could not be concluded. It has now revived the plan and made a fresh call for bids. The last date for submissions is April 14 and the technical bids will be opened on April 18.
The GDP of the state was estimated atRs 19.40 lakh crore in 2020-2021, and is projected to be Rs 21.74 lakh crore or about $285 b dollar in 2021-2022. Therefore, the government is targeting a nearly fourfold increase by 2027, which is also when the next assembly election will be due. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had earlier claimed the BJP would turn the state into the country’s largest economy once the party comes back to power in 2022.
