Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the 'second largest economy in India'[25] after Maharashtra. It is notable that: -
* The state is contributing 8.17% to India’s total GDP.
* It is home to largest number of Small Scale units in the country, with 12% of over 2.3 million units.
* Labour efficiency is higher in UP (26) than the National Average.
* The state is one of the top tourist destinations in India, with almost 25% of the All-India foreign tourists visiting Uttar Pradesh [28], Agra was visited by more than 8 million domestic and 825,000 foreign tourists in 2006, followed by Varanasi, Lucknow, Allahabad, Vrindaban and Mathura. More than 71 million domestic tourists in 2003.
* Lucknow and NOIDA are the top IT destination of the country.
* The largest shoe-manufacturing centre in the country is Kanpur.
* Meerut is regularly among the top tax paying cities in the country.
