Uttar Pradesh can play a significant role in driving India's 'Mission 2047' to make the country a developed nation or 'Viksit Bharat' when it completes 100 years of Independence, Martin Raiser, World Bank Vice President, South Asia Region has said. Raiser during his interactions which Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and chief secretary Manoj Singh held discussions on how the World Bank could help UP become a USD 1 trillion economy. "We are at the beginning of a new (lending) strategy cycle for India and those strategy cycles are usually for four-five years. Part of the work we are trying to do is map out what we can do in the long term. "If all the ideas that we discussed with the UP CM and chief secretary over the last two days result in World Bank projects, I think we could reach, in the next two-three years, (lending or monetary support) of USD 1 billion or more, Raiser told PTI in an interview. UP, he added, could play a significant role in driving India's 'Mission 2047'. "I t Read The Rest at :