LUCKNOW, June 12 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that while India has emerged as the world's fastest-growing major economy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past 12 years, Uttar Pradesh too has witnessed a threefold rise in both its economy and per capita income during the BJP government's nine years in the state, becoming "a remarkable confluence of faith and economy."

Addressing the media on the completion of 12 years of the Modi government at the Centre, Adityanath said India had undergone a transformational change since 2014.

"We have seen a changing India since 2014. The world has witnessed Narendra Modi become the longest-serving elected Prime Minister of India. When a leader of such calibre leads a coun...