₹4 L crore more in pipeline
UP’s talent pool can turn it into an economic power house
LUCKNOW: The UP Investors Summit concluded on Thursday with President Ram Nath Kovind saying the progress of the state should make investors invest emotionally, as well as economically, in it and CM Yogi Adityanath informing the gathering that the investors had also shown interest in making an additional investment of Rs 4 lakh crore.
This figure was apart from the MoUs already signed for implementing projects to the tune of Rs 4.28 lakh crore, Adityanath said and added that this would create 33 lakh jobs. The President also said that the available talent pool provided the state the basis for turning it into an economic power house and an irresistible destination for investors. “Apart from attracting economic investment, the progress of UP should motivate those who come to the state to become emotionally invested in it,” said the President. Kovind’s observations came after union finance minister Arun Jaitley said the summit was an attempt to change the state’s agenda and create history.
Jaitley added that the Yogi government had brought about an improvement in the law and order situation and also provided political stability in the state.
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the country’s second defence equipment manufacturing corridor in UP will re-energise 13 production units and also cut the import bill. IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Digital India cannot be achieved without a Digital UP.