81 projects expected to generate over 2.12 lakh job opportunities

NOIDA AND GREATER NOIDA

REMAIN THE MOST PREFERRED INVESTMENT DESTINATIONS FOR BIG PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE RELATED TO IT AND ELECTRONICS NEVERTHELESS, THE LIST ALSO INCLUDES SMALLER PLACES LIKE BIJNOR, JAUNPUR, ETC

81 projects for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones at the groundbreaking ceremony here on Sunday, are expected to generate over 2.12 lakh job opportunities, according to the industry department.

The projects worth Rs 61,846.67 crore relate to different sectors like infrastructure, food processing and IT.

Sector-wise, heavy industry (36%), food processing (17%) and IT and electronics (11%) have received the maximum investment.

Noida and Greater Noida remain the most preferred investment destinations for big projects especially those related to the IT and electronics.

Nevertheless, the list also includes smaller places like Bijnor, Jaunpur, Hardoi, Shamli, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Rampur and Mirzapur, representing all the regions.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd’s Rs 10,000 crore project for laying of optical fibre network across Uttar Pradesh and the Mobile Open Exchange Clusters (at World Trade Centre) worth ₹10,000 crore project for developing an electronic manufacturing zone in Noida are the two biggest projects in terms of the amount of investment.

Another three projects, all related to IT & electronics, are worth ₹5,000 crore each.

Another IT project is of ₹3500 crore. The cost of six projects, including that of Adani Energy, is between Rs 1200 crore and Rs 2500 crore.

The projects include Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Food and Herbal Park in Greater Noida, promising creation of 800 direct and indirect jobs.

Eight projects envisage investment between ₹500 crore and ₹800 crore while

the cost of around 60 projects is between ₹2.5 crore and ₹350 crore.

Only 18 projects are worth less than ₹100 crore.

Desi Dairy’s ₹2.5 crore project seeking setting up a modern dairy unit with an integrated dairy farm at in Meerut is the smallest project from the investment point of view.

Sources said some of the projects for which the foundation stones were laid at the groundbreaking ceremony were already in place.

Reliance Jio and BSNL’s optical fibre cable laying projects are among them.