NOW, AN NRI DEPT TO MOBILISE INVESTORS
LUCKNOW: The state government has established non-resident Indian (NRI) department to solve the problems of NRI entrepreneurs. Principal secretary, infrastructure and industrial development, Sanjeev Saran would also head of new department. The decision has been taken following chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s instruction for speedy disposal of problems faced by NRIs.
LUCKNOW: The state government has established non-resident Indian (NRI) department to solve the problems of NRI entrepreneurs. Principal secretary, infrastructure and industrial development, Sanjeev Saran would also head of new department. The decision has been taken following chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s instruction for speedy disposal of problems faced by NRIs.
Official spokesman said on Friday the government planned to mobilize people of the state settled abroad for their participation in UP’s development. The newly constituted department would soon formulate an effective action plan to tap NRI investments. The NRI cell in Udyog Bandhu that had been looking after NRIs’ problems, would also assist the new department on NRI investment and job creation.
The state government had organized an investors conference last week in Delhi, evoking positive response from foreign investors.
The spokesman said since most of the NRIs families had been staying in UP, they could also prove potential investors in the state.
In another decision,, the government has also decided to open 26 more degree colleges in order to boost higher education in the state. The spokesman said in the first phase central government had provided Rs 101 crore under higher education drive and construction of these colleges in various districts would soon start. Whereas the state government had sent a proposal of 10 more degree colleges to the central government, nine more degree colleges would be set up through state fund. The government has also finalized plan for state universities in Sidharthnagar and Allahabad.
Laying stress on the government’s commitment for boosting higher education, the spokesman said moves were afoot to open higher education institutions --both technical and nontechnical in government and private sectors.