LUCKNOW, May 9 -- As a World Bank (WB) team led by its president Ajay Banga arrived on a day's visit here on Friday, the Uttar Pradesh government used the opportunity to launch two of its initiatives -- 'UP AGREES' and 'AI Pragya'. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that with the WB expertise, U.P. would become a trillion-dollar economy in the next three years.

Yogi, who has set the target of making U.P. a trillion-dollar economy by 2029, held a meeting with Banga and his team at his official residence here, said that the world's perception about Uttar Pradesh had changed and that the state was no more seen as a barrier in development, but considered the growth engine of India. Thanking the team, Yogi said that the state government was ...