Enthused by the success of the recent `UP Investors Summit’, Yogi Adityanath government is set to lure global investors by promoting Kumbh Mela.
The Kumbh Mela will be held at Allahabad from January 15 to March 4, 2019. The state government wants to ensure that the Kumbh Mela was promoted both as tourism and spiritual opportunity, especially to NRIs.
A government delegation led by Health minister Siddharth Nath Singh visited the USA earlier this month. On his return, Singh said that some major companies in Health, Information Technology, Ddefence were ready to invest in Uttar Pradesh.
He said that another government delegation was likely to visit Europe, Korea and other countries for attracting investment in the state.
The minister said that several foreign companies including Boeing, lockheed Martin have shown interest in investing in the ambitious Defence Corridor project. The 20,000 crore defence corridor covering 3,000-hectare land, will run through Aligarh to Chitrakoot via Kanpur and Jhansi. The state government is also finalising UP Defence and Aerospace Manufacturing Policy, 2018.
Singh said that the government will also be speaking to Indian partners like Jet, Tatas and Mahindra.
The major collaborations are going to be in Indian aviation industry which is increasing by 15 percent yearly and as many new airports were coming up. However, there were still no Maintenance and Repair Overhaul (MRO) units for aircraft repair in India and aircrafts were being sent to Sri lanka for the job. After this agreement, MRO units will be set up in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.
E-marketing giant Amazon, which is promoting Khadi, may soon tie up with UP government to help promote the concept of ‘One District, One Product (ODOP)’. The minister said that this would bring nearly five crore artisans on a single global platform.
Another important area of collaboration would be on traffic decongestion and public health services.