After attracting an investment of over Rs 4 lakh crore in Uttar Pradesh during recent Investors Summit, a three member delegation of the state government will be in United States (US) later this month to participate in a multi-city roadshow and to project State as the new `business hub’ of the country. The tour would also facilitate the proposed chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s road show in US, which he would made before Global Investors Summit to be organised in lucknow.
The delegation led by cabinet minister Siddharth Nath Singh, will exchange business opportunities with leading industrial houses of the US and hope that with the initiative of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (US-ISPF), Uttar Pradesh, particularly the rural areas will see rapid development facilitating best transport, medical and other infrastructural facilities in the country.
Talking to media persons here on Thursday afternoon, Singh, who along with Anoop Chandra Pandey (industrial development commissioner) and Amit Singh (Special Secretary (CM Office), would be in US between April 20 till April 27, claimed that US-ISPF, which already shown great interest in investment in Uttar Pradesh, is now looking forward to bring in all big US Giant companies to play a key role in massive development of Uttar Pradesh, a show-case of will be visible later in October this year during a Mega Show of the US companies here in the state capital. ``It would be more big even than the UP-Investors Summit”, asserted Singh.
Revealing about his US tour, Singh said that the platform provided by the US-ISPF, would help them to facilitate new investments in the state by US investors, create awareness around the new state investment policy, facilitate partnerships between the state and American companies and exchange best practices with American stakeholders etc.
Disclosing of some business opportunities which US companies are looking forward, Singh claimed that they would go for an understanding with the `Amazon’ so that should also facilitate sale of handloom and other Khadi products online thus promoting cottage industry. ``We signed a MoU with Amazon to promote the khadi apparels manufactured in the state under the brand of ‘UP Khadi’ over its online marketplace”, he revealed. Similarly they were going for a tie-up with `Uber’, a peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company with operations in 633 cities worldwide. ``We are planning to increase penetration of Uber to tier 2 & 3 cities in the state”, Singh said. likewise Medtronic, wanted to open its centre in all the district hospitals facilitation angiography and planting stent etc facilities for the patients.
Singh further said that they had also reached to an understanding with the world largest soft drink manufacture, Coca Cola to further spread their plants in Uttar Pradesh. The company already had several manufacturing plants & bottling facilities across various cities in Uttar Pradesh including Noida, Dasna, Kanpur, Faizabad among others.
Singh further said that AECOM, an American multinational engineering firm already working closely with the Municipal Corporation of Allahabad for the Smart City Project is looking for an opportunity for a pilot project in Allahabad and other cities. Procter & Gamble, the largest and the fastest growing consumer goods companies wanted to spread operation in UP through PPP Project, particularly on increasing awareness on menstrual hygiene in the tier 2 & 3 cities in the State. `Gilead’ a research-based biopharmaceutical company, which is keen on providing therapy for infectious diseases, HIV and Hepatitis in UP, `UnitedHealth Group Inc’, looking forward to contribute to Ayushman Bharat – through partnership to provide technology or skilled manpower (They can build technology to arm the Health Centers, capture patient health records).