Hindustan Times (East UP)

Primary to tertiary, Uttar Pradesh bags investment­s across industrial sectors

- Pawan Dixit pawan.dixit@htlive.com

LUCKNOW: With investment­s coming into all sectors, Uttar Pradesh is all set to script a new growth story with the fourth edition of the ground-breaking ceremony (GBC), setting in motion MoUs signed by the Yogi Adityanath government with industrial­ists. Taking forward PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, the manufactur­ing sector bagged the largest share of 21% investment.

Investment­s poured into all sectors - from manufactur­ing, renewable energy, IT and electronic­s, power, food processing to real estate, MSME, hospitalit­y and entertainm­ent, waste management and education.

Another focus area of the state government, the renewable energy sector bagged 13% investment, followed by IT and electronic­s sector, which received 9% of the investment.

These investment projects will unfold across all 75 districts of the state, with 19 districts surpassing their investment targets by more than 100%. Among them, Etah leads with an impressive 354%, followed by Sitapur 145%, Shahjahanp­ur 127%, and Sonbhadra 121%.

Other districts such as Chandauli, Muzaffarna­gar, Moradabad,

Manufactur­ing

Renewable Energy

IT and Electronic­s

Food Processing

Real Estate

Education

Waste Management

Healthcare

Dairy

Handloom and Textile

Pharmaceut­icals

Mirzapur, and Hardoi also exceeded their targets significan­tly.

Additional­ly, Amethi, Barabanki, Fatehpur, Gonda, and Bareilly showcased remarkable progress, with figures ranging from 100 to 108%. This surge in investment promises to usher in a new era of economic growth and prosperity across the state, said experts. Other sectors that received investment are agricultur­e (0.37%), animal husbandry (0.25%), automobile­s and electric vehicles (0.33%), biofuels/ biomass (0.82%), dairy (1.04%), defence and aerospace (0.55%).

Besides, distilleri­es (0.84%), financial services (0.12%), food & civil supplies (1.08%), health services (2.73%), hospitalit­y & entertainm­ent (2.78%), infrastruc­ture (0.02%), textiles and handloom (1.28%), wood-based industry (1%) and other sectors (0.11%) also received investment.

Four GBCs organised

The GBC organised on Monday marked the fourth such event of the Yogi Aditryanat­h government. The journey began with the U.P Global Investors’ Summit in February 2018, where 1,045 MoUs worth Rs 4.28 lakh crore were signed. In July 2018, the first GBC heralded the launch of 81 projects with investment of Rs 61,792 crore. In July 2019, the second ceremony saw the launch of nearly 290 projects totaling Rs 67,202 crore. In June 2022, the third edition of the GBC marked another significan­t milestone, as over 1,400 projects with investment­s exceeding Rs 80,000 crore were launched.

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