Uttar Pradesh has seen unprecedented industrial development during last four years of the current State government due to innovative initiatives and effective implementation of new investment-friendly policies.
From April 2012 to January 2016, industrial units and enterprises numbering 1,68,219 were set up with investment of Rs 25,081.10 crore. These projects created a total of 15,47,421 jobs, including 12,98,188 direct and 2,49,233 indirect employment.
According to a recent World Bank study on ‘Ease of Doing Business’, Uttar Pradesh was ranked first amongst the northern states of the country.
World-class infrastructure facilities are being developed in the state on a war-footing, including lucknow – Agra Expressway, lucknow to Ballia Poorvanchal Expressway, Metro rail, Trans-Ganga & Saraswati Hi-tech Cities, Plastic City Auraiya, IT City and Cricket Stadium at lucknow.
Principal Secretary, Infrastructure & Industrial Development – Shri Mahesh Kumar Gupta said that in addition to the industrial projects worth Rs 25,081.10 crore, which had been already implemented, projects with investment of Rs 78,681 crore were in the pipeline.
Principal Secretary said, “State government has not only announced new Infrastructure and Industrial Investment policies along with other sector-specific investment-friendly policies, but these policies are being implemented efficiently.”
listing out the measures in this direction Gupta said that all industrial services were included in the Janhit Guarantee Act 2011 to ensure timely issuance of clearances.
Elaborating on the high-end infrastructure development in the State Gupta said that to spur overall development world-class infrastructure was being developed like lucknow – Agra Expressway, lucknow – Ballia Poorvanchal Expressway, Metro Rail, Trans-Ganga and Saraswati Hi-tech Cities at Unnao and Allahabad respectively, Plastic City Auraiya, IT City and Cricket Stadium at lucknow.
Priority section of lucknow metro rail and lucknow – Agra Expressway are expected to be functional by the end of current year. Noida and Greater Noida are being connected through extended Delhi metroline to link Ghaziabad to national capital through metro rail.
Reputed dairy company, Amul is setting up its milk processing units in lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi and Safai, thereby giving significant opportunity to farmers and rural industries. These projects would benefit seven lakh farmers directly along with generating new employment avenues to the tune of 20,000, he said.