Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday claimed that Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a forerunner in bringing digital revolution to India. He was addressing the ‘Ashwamedh-Elara India Dialogue 2022’ virtually from his official residence here.
Speaking on ‘Uttar Pradesh: Model State for Future India’, the chief minister said UP has stepped forward as a leader in data collection and about 45 per cent of the total mobile manufacturing in India is done in the state. “Uttar Pradesh is a state with limitless possibilities offering growth opportunities in all sectors. It is emerging as a model state for New India,” the CM said.
Maintaining that the law and order situation has witnessed massive improvement in the last five years, Yogi said: “UP today has rule of law. A dedicated single-window system called ‘Nivesh Mitra’ has been developed offering numerous services to improve the ease of doing business. Besides, over 500 reforms have been made in labour and investor regulation.
The CM went on to say that to increase investment, the state has also been working on a new industrial policy while many reforms have been made in terms of land bank.
“To develop world-class infrastructure in UP, eastern and western dedicated freight corridors are being built. Currently, there are 13 expressways in the state, of which six have been completed and seven are in process. Over 25 airways are being developed for seamless air connectivity,” he said.
Furthermore, the CM pointed out that Uttar Pradesh has about 26 per cent share in mobile manufacturing in India. “The state has received a large number of investment proposals in the field of data centres. In addition, to attract global investment, the state is going to organise a Global Investor Summit in January,” he said.
Stating that Uttar Pradesh is emerging as a capable and stronger economy, the CM said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target of making India a $5 trillion economy and being the most populous state, UP must contribute effectively by becoming an economy of $1 trillion by 2027.
The CM said that educational institutions like IIT-Kanpur, IIT-BHU and IIM-Lucknow are promoting innovation in the state. The Government of India has declared Uttar Pradesh as the leading state in the field of startups. Yogi said that from 2017 to 2022, projects worth Rs 3.44 lakh crore have been completed in Uttar Pradesh, creating as many as 15.52 lakh jobs.
Ashwamedh-Elara India Dialogue president Raj Bhatt, who also participated virtually, appreciated the measures taken by Yogi. He said Uttar Pradesh has got a new dimension under the leadership of CM Yogi Adityanath and that various industrialists are willing to invest in the state due to the investor-friendly environment.