Lucknow, April 1 -- As many as 4,746 new factories were registered in Uttar Pradesh in the financial year 2025-26, which ended on Tuesday, reflecting continued industrial momentum. State industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta said that since the BJP came to power in March 2017, a total of 17,841 factories have been registered. He noted that this figure surpasses the 14,178 factories registered in the nearly 70 years between Independence in 1947 and March 2017. "With the latest additions, the total number of registered factories in the state has reached 32,019," the minister said. Western UP continues to outperform other parts of the state when it comes to industrialisation. Out of 17,841 factories registered since April 2017, the largest number-10,895 factories-have come up in Western UP, 3,526 in central, 3,205 in eastern and 215 in Bundelkhand. Meanwhile, the state's total exports reached Rs 1,31,328 crore in this fiscal from April to November compared to Rs 1,18,223.91 crore during the same period last year....