Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured top industrialists that State has fast turned out to be most conducive for business and that his government is concentrating to make it best industrial hub of the country.
``The focus of our Government is to create an enabling environment to attract investments and generate employment opportunities for youths in the state”, Yogi asserted while interacting with members of CII National Council here at lucknow on Friday morning. ``The thrust is to improve the investment climate and improve Ease of Doing Business”, he added. He claimed that to facilitate business opportunity and hassle free operation, his government had already put in place an effective `Single Window System’. He claimed that the government is setting an online Portal, which will be monitored by his (CM) office. labor reform is another area, where the Government is proactively working and has amended several provisions of labor laws, which are now under consideration of Government of India, he informed the members of business fraternity.
Yogi claimed that initiatives taken by his government so far, he was confident that the ranking of UP will greatly improve on the ease of doing business.
Yogi further claimed that his government had recently announced the new Investment & Employment Promotion Policy of Uttar Pradesh 2017, which contains some of the best practices & incentives followed in other states. The prime objective of the policy is equitable growth in the state and hence they have provided special incentives to Bundelkhand and Poorvanchal districts of the State which are industrially backward at the moment. ``We have made provisions for incentives for industries which have high potential of job creation’, he revealed.
Talking about some of the key decision pertaining to improving the infrastructure and connectivity in the state, Yogi disclosed about his governments new initiative for laying Poorvanchal and Bundelkhand Expressways, which will improve the connectivity of these regions with rest of country. To boost air connectivity, State Government is coming up with New Aviation Policy with connecting all major districts of the State with air links. Government is also committed to introduce Metro Rail system in 6 additional cities other than lucknow which will start operating from 5th September.
Disclosing about the steps taken to facilitate a secure and safe atmosphere to industrialists, who already fear of coming to UP due to rising crime, Yogi said that the safety and security of their (industrialists) interests will be the top most priority of the State. ``We are setting up integrated Police & Fire Posts in key industrial areas”, he revealed while saying that how they transformed this state from a backward state where people fear of coming, to a safe and progressive state. He said that his government is committed for `Sabka Saath-Sabka Vikas’ irrespective of the caste or religion. He also urged the industry to partner in transforming the identified 7 cities into smart cities with their expertise, technologies and innovation.
Earlier addressing on this occasion, Shobana Kamineni, President, CII said, “the destiny of 22 crore Indians residing in the state is in your capable hands and UP being the largest state, the progress of UP will determine the progress of the country. According to our calculations if UP picks up to grow 50 per cent faster, India will pick up to add 1.5 percentage points to its growth rate calculated at current prices. The state has much to offer to our country through its rich fields, its vibrant manufacturing hubs, and its dynamic services such as tourism, higher education and others, she added.
Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII assured CII‘s full support to the government in every possible way in realizing the vision of making UP a “Uttam Pradesh”. He further added that CII is committed to work towards making UP a vibrant hub entrepreneurship thereby turning job seekers into job creators. later in the presence of Chief Minister, CII and State Government signed three MoUs. These MoUs pertains to launch of a rural sanitation initiative to build individual household toilets in the villages, providing adequate classroom furniture for students in select districts of the State and developing a world class Driver Training & Multi Skill Institute.
Infrastructure and Industrial Development minister, Satish Mahana and State Minister for Transport, Swatantra Dev Singh, Chief Secretary, Rajeev Kumar were also present in the function along with other senior officials of Government of UP.