Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 19 said the culture of "red tape" has been replaced with the "red carpet" for investors in the seven years of the "double-engine" government in Uttar Pradesh.
In his address at a ground-breaking ceremony for projects worth more than ₹10 lakh crore here, he said an environment of trade, development and trust has emerged in the state.
"Seven-to-eight years ago, one could not even think that such an environment of investment and jobs would be made in U.P. Crime and riots were common then and no one would have even believed if anyone said that U.P. would be developed," he said, targeting earlier governments.
