Yogi Adityanath

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh · BJP

Yogi Adityanath

Chief Minister

BJP Uttar Pradesh

Career

UP CM since 2017 (re-elected 2022)

Current term

Since Mar 2017 · Present

Born

1972 · Age 54

Education

BSc (Mathematics), HNB Garhwal University

Terms in Office

UP CM since 2017 (re-elected 2022)

About

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017 Yogi Adityanath is an Indian Hindu monk and politician. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Adityanath has served as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017. He is the state's longest-serving chief minister and the first to hold the office for two consecutive terms..

Projects & Initiatives 6 ongoing · 3 completed

UP Global Investors Summit 2023

Completed

ReachGovt. reported: 18,643 MoUs/investment proposals worth ~₹33.5 lakh crore signed across sectors. Note: MoUs are letters of intent, not disbursed investments.

Since 2023 · Investor summit held in Lucknow in February 2023. Government reports significant investment intentions, though actual disbursement and project commissioning timelines vary by sector and investor.

Mission Shakti

Ongoing

Since 2020 · Women's safety initiative comprising pink police booths at public locations, dedicated pink bus services, fast-track POCSO courts, and awareness programmes across UP's 75 districts.

Bundelkhand Expressway

Completed

Budget₹14,716 crore · UPEIDA

Reach296 km 4-lane (expandable to 6-lane); connects Chitrakoot to Etawah; inaugurated Jul 2022.

CompletionInaugurated Jul 2022

Since 2020 · Expressway linking Chitrakoot to the Agra–Lucknow Expressway at Etawah, improving connectivity for the historically underdeveloped Bundelkhand region of UP.

One District One Product (ODOP)

Ongoing

Budget₹250 crore initial corpus (2018); expanded with working capital and marketing support under subsequent state budgets

ReachGovt. reported: ODOP-attributed exports rose from ₹58,000 crore (FY18) to ~₹96,000 crore (FY22), ~62% of UP's total exports; ~3.14 lakh entrepreneurs benefited under ODOP/Vishwakarma drives.

Since 2018 · Promotes one GI-tagged or traditional product per district across all 75 districts of UP. Provides raw material, working capital, design, and marketing support to local artisans and MSMEs.

Purvanchal Expressway

Completed

Budget₹22,500 crore · UPEIDA (Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority)

Reach340.8 km 6-lane access-controlled highway; connects Lucknow to Ghazipur; inaugurated Nov 2021.

CompletionInaugurated Nov 2021

Since 2018 · Six-lane access-controlled expressway from Lucknow to Ghazipur, connecting eastern UP to the national capital region corridor. Developed by UPEIDA.

Agra–Lucknow Expressway

Ongoing

Continued by the current government. Operational under UPEIDA; folded into the wider expressway network expanded by the Yogi Adityanath government.

Lucknow Metro

Ongoing

Continued by the current government. Continued and extended under UPMRC by the successor government; further corridors sanctioned.

Yamuna Expressway

Ongoing

Continued by the current government. Opened 2012; operated and maintained under successive SP and BJP governments via YEIDA.

Ambedkar memorials and parks

Ongoing

Continued by the current government. Maintained by successor governments following court directions on upkeep.

Manifesto

Headline manifesto commitments of the current government, with a sourced status. We track only whether each promise was kept — not its merits.

BJPBJP · manifesto 2022

3 Delivered

Delivered Since 2018

One District One Product (ODOP) to promote local crafts and exports

ODOP gives each district a flagship product with credit, marketing and GI support; the state reports financial assistance to over 20,000 entrepreneurs and a sharp rise in exports.

Verified Jun 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

Delivered

Build a state-wide expressway network

The Agra–Lucknow, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand expressways are operational; UP now has among the most operational expressway kilometres of any Indian state.

Verified Jun 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

Delivered

Ganga Expressway (Meerut–Prayagraj), the state’s longest

The ~594 km Ganga Expressway (Meerut–Prayagraj), the state's longest, was inaugurated by PM Modi on 29 April 2026 and is now fully operational; built at a cost of about ₹36,230 crore.

Verified Jun 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

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