Yogi Adityanath govt completes 4 and-a-half years in UP; says 'UP benefitted from double-engine govt
India TV NewsThe Yogi Adityanath government, which completes four-and-a-half years in power on Sunday, has said that Uttar Pradesh benefitted immensely from the 'double-engine' government. According to the government spokesman, the Modi government at the Centre has given as much as over Rs 2,01,584 crore to the Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh from 2017 till August 2021 as compared to just Rs 1,36,832.63 crore received during the last regime in the state from 2012-13 to 2016-17. In fact, during the previous regime, the Central government headed by the Congress-led UPA released Rs 17,337.78 crore in 2012-13 and about Rs 22,405.16 crore in 2013-14. Ever since the Modi government came into power at the Centre, the state assistance rose substantially to Rs 32,691.47 crore in 2014-15, Rs 31,861.33 crore in 2015-16 and Rs 32,536.86 in 2016-17 which also underlines the fact that no discrimination was done in this regard.