lucknow a delegation of the world bank led by its executive director parameswara iyer met chief minister yogi adityanath on wednesday and appreciated the development works carried out by the state government in the last six yearsthe 20member team which has earlier travelled to maharashtra and gujarat said that in the past six years considerable work has been done in various sectors including infrastructure development industrialisation garbage disposal poverty alleviation planned urbanisation and environment protectionthe team also praised the state governments approach of a sector wise action plan for development during the meeting with the cm the delegation held discussions on mutual cooperation between the state government and the world bank and to prepare an action plan for development works to be carried out in future a lot of good work has been done in the country in the last nine years and in up in the last six years poverty alleviation has been the mission of the world bank but now special emphasis is being laid on environment protection as well up can play an important role in this direction world bank ed parameswaran iyer said55cr pulled out of poverty since 17sharing details of the development that has taken place in the state over the past six years the cm said with planned efforts up has managed to shed its tag of a bimaru state and has become a leading economy in the country quoting the niti aayog data the cm said that up had managed to pull 55 crore people out of poverty since 2017 there are 96 lakh msme units operating in up which are not only providing employment but also making up a hub of exports up has doubled its exports in six years he added up is home to 16 of indias population making it the countrys largest consumer and labour market up is also the centre of indias cultural and spiritual consciousness and is working to save its heritage and ancient cities it is a state of limitless possibilities and association with the world bank will prove to be beneficial yogi said speaking about the state governments target of making up a trillion dollar economy the cm said that up was ready to play its role as the growth engine of india up is not just a leading state in the country in terms of ease of doing business but also for ease of living the cm said at least 26 crore toilets have been provided to people while 54 lakh people have been given houses under the pradhan mantri and mukhyamantri awas yojana during the last six years another 6 crore families have been given health cover under the ayushman bharat yojana the cm said