Questioning the hype around Uttar Pradesh’s ‘revenue surplus’ in 10 charts

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who spoke emphatically about the State’s economic growth at his government’s Industry Leaders Roadshow in Bengaluru on June 24, highlighted how the State has become “revenue surplus in the last six years,” while shedding its image of being a “BIMARU” State — an uncomplimentary term used to refer to a group of North Indian States that lagged behind on developmental indicators.Mr. Adityanath rarely fails to mention this “achievement” of revenue surplus in his speeches of late about the economic transformation Uttar Pradesh is witnessing after he took charge as Chief Minister in 2017.