Government Schemes and Policy · 11 February 2026
Uttar Pradesh First Economic Survey: GSDP to touch Rs 36 lakh crore in 2025-26
Exam-focused facts from the 11 February 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Uttar Pradesh tabled its first-ever Economic Survey in the Assembly on Monday.
- State’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) more than doubled from Rs 13.30 lakh crore in 2016-17 to Rs 30.25 lakh crore in 2024-25, registering a CAGR of 10.8%.
- Per capita income doubled from Rs 61,142 in 2016-17 to Rs 1,26,304 in 2024-25.
- State budget size rose from Rs 3.47 lakh crore in 2016-17 to Rs 8.33 lakh crore for 2025-26.
- Public debt-to-GSDP ratio declined to 28% in 2024-25 from 29.3% in 2016-17, staying within FRBM limits.
- Agriculture contributes 25.8%, industry 27.2%, and services 47% to the state’s GSDP.
- Over 3.22 lakh jobs generated under the One District One Product (ODOP) scheme.
- State signed MoUs worth over Rs 2.94 lakh crore at the World Economic Forum 2026 in sectors including data centres, renewable energy, defence manufacturing, and food processing.
- Exports more than doubled from Rs 0.84 lakh crore in 2016-17 to Rs 1.86 lakh crore in 2024-25.
- Ayushman Bharat covers 5.46 crore beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh.