Market Update: We break down the business implications, market impact, and expert insights related to Market Update: GBS 2026: ‘Uttar Pradesh accelerates towards USD 1 trillion economy’ – Deepak Kumar, UP Finance Additional Chief Secretary | ET NOW Global Business Summit 2026 – Infrastructure – Full Analysis.
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Deepak identified three major structural shifts driving this transformation, including Instilling the Rule of Law, World-Class Infrastructure and Progressive Policies, Ease of Doing Business, and Vast Consumer Base.
Instilling the Rule of Law,
Described as the foundational base, this includes zero tolerance for crime, improved police training, faster response times, upgraded equipment and vehicles, stronger prosecution, and institutionalized law and order. Kumar credited the Chief Minister’s disciplinary approach for making this a reality, creating a secure environment essential for investment and growth.
World-Class Infrastructure
He said that Uttar Pradesh leads nationally in connectivity. The state boasts 55 per cent of India’s expressways, the largest road network, extensive rail lines, 16 airports, dedicated freight corridors, National Waterway No. 1, and a growing metro network. Additionally, around 75,000 acres of developed industrial land are available, providing ready ecosystems for businesses.
Progressive Policies, Ease of Doing Business, and Vast Consumer Base
The state has adopted best-in-class sectoral policies, learning from other states’ incentives and concessions to remain competitive. It ranks first in ease of doing business. With one in six Indians living in UP, the state offers a huge domestic market. Per capita income has nearly doubled in the last nine years—from approximately Rs 56,000 to Rs 1,22,000—increasing purchasing power and attractiveness for industries.
Kumar said, “These elements—infrastructure availability, policy support, and a large, increasingly affluent consumer market—position Uttar Pradesh as a powerhouse for manufacturing clusters, logistics, agricultural productivity, and overall industrial expansion.”
ET NOW Global Business Summit 2026
At a time when disruption is continuous and power is being re-distributed across technology, geopolitics, capital, and society, Times Group’s thought leadership dialogue, ET NOW Global Business Summit (GBS) 2026, set to take place on February 13 and February 14 at the Hotel Taj Palace in New Delhi, embraces the theme “A Decade of Disruption. A Century of Change”.
GBS 2026 – A Decade of Disruption. A Century of Change
This year’s edition reflects the scale, speed, and significance of transformations reshaping global economies, from technological acceleration and geopolitical realignment to sustainability imperatives and new governance models.
The GBS 2026 will evaluate a range of themes, including economic disruption, Industry 5.0, globalisation, workforce transformation, energy security and business diversification.
The Times Group’s ET NOW Global Business Summit (GBS) is not a reflection on the past; it is a platform built to shape what comes next. As Asia’s most influential global leadership forum, it convenes the architects of economies, institutions, and enterprises to script the forces that will define the century ahead.
Conceived as a space where leaders confront uncertainty before it becomes inevitability, GBS convenes the world’s most influential voices to interpret disruption, design direction, and script long-term impact.
As economies, technologies, and governance systems undergo accelerated transformation, GBS serves as a centre of global conversations, where emerging realities are debated, strategic responses are forged, and the foundations of future growth are laid.
ET NOW Global Business Summit 2026
At a time when disruption is continuous and power is being re-distributed across technology, geopolitics, capital, and society, Times Group’s thought leadership dialogue, ET NOW Global Business Summit (GBS) 2026, set to take place on February 13 and February 14 at the Hotel Taj Palace in New Delhi, embraces the theme “A Decade of Disruption. A Century of Change”.
GBS 2026 – A Decade of Disruption. A Century of Change
This year’s edition reflects the scale, speed, and significance of transformations reshaping global economies, from technological acceleration and geopolitical realignment to sustainability imperatives and new governance models.
The GBS 2026 will evaluate a range of themes, including economic disruption, Industry 5.0, globalisation, workforce transformation, energy security and business diversification.
The Times Group’s ET NOW Global Business Summit (GBS) is not a reflection on the past; it is a platform built to shape what comes next. As Asia’s most influential global leadership forum, it convenes the architects of economies, institutions, and enterprises to script the forces that will define the century ahead.
Conceived as a space where leaders confront uncertainty before it becomes inevitability, GBS convenes the world’s most influential voices to interpret disruption, design direction, and script long-term impact.
As economies, technologies, and governance systems undergo accelerated transformation, GBS serves as a centre of global conversations, where emerging realities are debated, strategic responses are forged, and the foundations of future growth are laid.