LUCKNOW, Sept. 27 -- Finance minister Suresh Khanna on Saturday said that before 2017 Uttar Pradesh was considered backward. "Now, it has become a model of economic progress, security and good governance," he added.

Khanna expressed these views at a session on 'Transforming Financial Landscape in UP' at the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show (UPITS) -2025 in Greater Noida. "Since the NDA came to power at the Centre and the Yogi government in UP, law and order has been strengthened and organised crime has been eliminated," he added.

"As a result, the state, which was once lagging in terms of economy and development, is now writing a new chapter of progress," said Khanna. He further said the state's budget and its size have been conti...