LUCKNOW, Sept. 13 -- Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday appealed to the collectorate employees to help common citizens benefit from various government schemes so that by 2047 the country may become 'Vikshit Bharat' and Uttar Pradesh may transform into 'Uttam Pradesh'.

Speaking at the 60th provincial convention of the Uttar Pradesh Ministerial Collectorate Employees Union, which gathered at the Scientific Convention Centre in Lucknow to elect their new office-bearers, Maurya said, "Our sole aim is to make Atmanirbhar Bharat and to take UP on the path of development."

"Governments both at the Centre and in UP are taking decisions for the betterment of the poor people, farmers and women. The onus is on the...