Assuring security, respect and a conducive environment, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday rolled out a red carpet for businessmen and industrialists to come and invest in the “New UP” as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said they were always welcome in the state of unlimited possibilities — UP.
“We will give you safety, security, respect and a conducive atmosphere for setting up your businesses,’’ Yogi Adityanath said while enthusing confidence that Uttar Pradesh was soon going to compete with the best of the world in the field of basic infrastructure.
He said the vast population of UP was a huge resource for the state as well as a big market for the business.
In an interaction with the top businessmen of the country in Mumbai during his two-day visit, the chief minister spoke about some landmark projects taking shape in the state while pointing out that there was a lot of investment potential in tourism, One District One Product (ODOP) and MSME sector.
“The biggest greenfield airport of Asia is coming up in Jewar (Noida) while the Purvanchal Expressway and Bundelkhand Expressway are under construction while work on about 600-km-long Ganga Expressway linking Meerut and Prayagraj will commence in June 2021. These expressways will have corridors along them which offer a good investment opportunity,” the chief minister said.
He said that out of 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh, many still required medical colleges and there was an opportunity for investors to make these medical colleges on PPP model.
“The state needs super-speciality hospitals and the government will extend full support if somebody wants to set up these hospitals,” he said.
Top industrialists, businessmen and bankers who were present during the interaction included N Chandrashekhar, chairman of Tata Sons, Dr. Niranjan Hiranandai, CMD of Hiranandani Group, Baba Kalyani of Bharat Forge, Suprakash Chaudhary, CEO of Siemens Industry Software Ltd., SN Subramaniam, CEO and MD of L&T, Vikas Jain, director of AK Capital Services, Varun Kaushik, associate director of AK Capital Services, Sanjay Nair, chairman of KKR Ltd, Jaspal Bindra, chairman of Centrum Capital Ltd, Amit Nayyar, president of One 97 Communications and Dr Govid Rujulu Chintala, chairman of NABARD.