Talking about the law-and-order situation in the state, additional chief secretary (Home), Awanish K Awasthi, said on Monday that properties owned by both petty and big criminals worth ₹1,900 crore have been seized
“The crime rate has come down drastically in Uttar Pradesh. There is no danga (riots) in our state now as this government has a zero-tolerance policy against such elements,” said Awasthi.
Another top official, who also interacted with the media, said that Uttar Pradesh now has the second-largest economy in the country after Maharashtra.
“According to data from the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Uttar Pradesh has more than 55 lakh demat accounts (used for trading in stock exchange), highest after Maharashtra and Gujarat. It is no longer a BIMARU state,” said Navneet Sehgal, additional chief secretary (Information and MSME).
The acronym BIMARU (or sick) was coined by the noted demographer Ashish Bose in the 1980s to refer to states which were lagging behind and retarding India’s overall development. The terminology was later called “outdated” by many governments, which showcased the development in their respective states.
