Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the flight of capital and industry was order of the day during the previous regime now it’s the turn of criminals to flee the state to safer havens.
Assuring investors of safety and security of their investments and industrial infrastructure, Chief Minister said, "Earlier there used to be two communal riots in a week but since the BJP government took over, not a single riot has taken place in the state.’’
``On the issue of security and law and order, the government has focused on effective implementation of the policy of `Zero tolerance’ against crime and corruption. To counter the menace of organized crime, the state government has legislated 'UP Organised Crime Control Act’," said the Chief Minister.
Addressing the session of Chief Executive Officers of corporate houses, the CM said, "Investments in UP will bring cheers for investors and it will ensure well being of the common people of the state as investments will lead to wealth creation and fresh job opportunities.’’
During the session, the CEOs of potential investor companies and companies already in business shared their experience of working in the state and also their grievances.
Interacting with CEOs of various companies, Yogi said, "UP is fast emerging as a major exporter of software and presently 160 units were exporting software worth Rs 16,450 crore.’’
Presenting a larger picture of requirement of development of UP, Yogi said, "Gorakhpur and Allahabad are two big cities of east UP, the people of North Bihar and Nepal also depend on these cities for their needs like health, education and employment. In Allahabad, people from neighboring Madhya Pradesh come in large number for their needs.’’
"UP is also working on a project for developing a hub of readymade garments by involving women associated with Self Help Groups (SHG) and this project is expected to create fresh job opportunities for women,’’ said the CM.
Yogi Adityanath also listed series of measures for cutting the red tape and promoting `Ease of doing business (EODB) and stressed that the single window portal has been linked with digital clearance.
Responding to suggestions and grievances of the CEOs, Chief Secretary Rajive Kumar said that to cope up with growing demand of power in the state, the government is working on a project costing Rs 8,500 crore for upgradation and increase in capacity of existing power transmission and distribution network.
"The project is expected to be completed in next three years and this will bring down the transmission and distribution loss to 15 percent from the present of around 30 per cent," Kumar ssid.
The meeting was also attended by Industrial Development Commissioner (IDC) Anup Chandra Pandey.
State Urban Development Department advisor Keshav Verma suggested that the corporate should set up a talent pool in the state and protect their salary and wages so as to retain them otherwise they would move to other states.
In the session, the CEOs also put up their demands and gave several suggestions to the government. Nitesh Jain, who heads a startup on health sector, said that he can provide basic health requirement in the state through his software.
Managing Director of Gyan Dairy, Ajay Agarwal said that the government should make necessary amendments in 'Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee Act' to promote contract farming for augmenting farmers' income. The session was attended by MD of Triveni Engineering Tumul Sahani, Nishant Arya of JBM and Vaihav Gupta of a defence manufacturing unit in Kanpur.