Lucknow, Mar 27 (KNN) Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that the state has emerged as the first choice of investors in recent times.

During a programme on Friday, the UP CM said that after coming to power in March 2017, the government has worked with planning and the areas which could increase the income of the state were identified and established a new dimension in the economy of the state.

''For the purpose of industrial expansion, we also provided an environment for ease of doing business in the state which took the state’s rankings in Ease of Doing Business to 14th position in 2015-16, is now in second place,'' he added.

The Chief Minister also said that the MSME sector is more employable with less capital, we started an innovative scheme like 'One district One product' (ODOP) which has also led to employment generation on a large scale.