MEERUT, Feb. 22 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday praised the Centre's push for large-scale infrastructure development, saying India's rapid transformation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has earned global recognition while significantly improving citizens' ease of living.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Namo Bharat Rapid Rail and Meerut Metro services, the CM highlighted the country's expanding digital and physical infrastructure, noting that India now operates a digital public system serving nearly 1.4 billion people and processing close to 20 billion digital transactions every month.

Yogi said more than 500 million digital health IDs have already been issued under the "One Health" initiative, e...