UP economy in the 2026–27 budget speech: GSDP ₹30.25 lakh crore

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What happened

The speech put UP’s GSDP for 2024–25 (quick estimates) at ₹30.25 lakh crore, 13.4 per cent above the previous year. [UP Budget]
Per capita income is ₹1,09,844, more than double the ₹54,564 of 2016–17; it is estimated at ₹1,20,000 for 2025–26. [UP Budget]
The unemployment rate is 2.24 per cent; about 6 crore people have moved out of multidimensional poverty. [UP Budget]

Background

UP’s SDG India Index rank improved from 29th in 2018–19 to 18th in 2023–24 [UP Budget]. [UP Budget]
UP makes 65 per cent of India’s mobile phones and has 55 per cent of electronics component units [UP Budget]. [UP Budget]

Why it matters

These are the state’s headline numbers; UPPCS questions often test per capita income and GSDP.

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How to use this in Mains

GS-VI UP economy

These are the state's headline numbers; UPPCS questions often test per capita income and GSDP.

Quotable data point
The speech put UP's GSDP for 2024–25 (quick estimates) at ₹30.25 lakh crore, 13.4 per cent above the previous year [UP Budget].
UP Information Dept: Highlights & Salient Features of UP Budget 2026-27 (English)

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

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UP's per capita income cited in the 2026–27 budget speech:

Answer (c) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

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Share of India's mobile phone output from UP, per the speech: