Investment, export promotion top priority of UP govt: Nandi

Bundelkhand E-way to be opened for traffic within 100 days; construction for Ballia Link E-way to start soon, says minister

Officers have been directed to draft a new industrial policy to promote industrial investment as the period of concession given in the current industrial policy is to end in July

NAND GOPAL GUPTA NANDI, minister

LUCKNOW: Industrial development, export and investment promotion minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi on Friday said investment in the industrial sector and promotion of export will be top priority of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh.

Nandi said the main carriageway of the Bundelkhand Expressway will be opened for traffic within 100 days and construction work on the Ballia Link Expressway will commence soon. He said the investors park will start soon and facilitate investments in various sectors in the state. Nandi further said the state government had prepared a blueprint to make the expressways a medium for development of the state. Industrial galleries will be developed along the expressways, he added.

Briefing media persons about his priorities, Nandi said the industrial development department had started preparation to organise a grand ground-breaking ceremony in Lucknow to garner investment of Rs 10 lakh crore in UP. “Officers have been directed to draft a new industrial policy to promote industrial investment as the period of concession given in the current industrial policy is to end in July,” he said. To promote exports, the department is preparing to launch an export app and export of products of each district will be facilitated with the appointment of a nodal officer. The aim is to promote exports from 1.25 lakh crore to 3 lakh crore in next three years, he said. Nandi said Noida will be developed as a ‘model’ of UP’s development to give thrust to investment in various sectors and for planned development. “The government has decided to set up 10 charging stations for the e-vehicles in Greater Noida. It will also give momentum to the development of plastic park in Gorakhpur,” he said.