Noida to be developed as biggest hub in north India: UP CM

Uttar Presh's Noida will be developed as biggest hub in north India, Chief Minister Yogi ityanath on Monday said.

Stating that state has secured second position in country in 'Ease of Doing Business', he said it has been an outcome of sustained efforts of state government during last three years.

He said state has strived to develop infrastructure in terms of power, ro, communication, transport, beside strong law and order to achieve dream of one trillion economy status in India while contributing to country's 5 trillion economy target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to a statement issued here, ityanath while presiding over a meeting of high-level Empowered Committee of 'Invest UP', said Noida will be developed as biggest hub in north India.

He said out of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs  4.28 lakh crore, signed during UP Investors Summit 2018, MoUs worth Rs 2 lakh crore have alrey come on ground.

In dition to this, UP government has received over 50 investment proposals worth over Rs 7,000 crore from investors of about 10 countries, including Japan, US, UK, Cana, Germany and South Korea who want to shift ir units from re to Uttar Presh. He said Nivesh Mitra portal, which provides 146 services, has been quite successful with a track record of 98 per cent redressal of problems of investors and entrepreneurs.

chief minister said that UP has a rey land bank of 20,000 acres on which industries can be set up. He said government is coming out with comprehensive land policy, besides formulating new Pharma Policy and Data Policy.

"Defence and aerospace, warehousing, data centres, electrical vehicles and pharma sector are some of emerging investment centres in state. government's ambitious project of Defence Corridor has promised an investment of Rs 50,000 crore in next two years and offers a good investment opportunity," he said, ding that revised MSME policy and start-up policy has alrey given impetus to growth potential of state. He said tritional areas like electronics, IT, food processing, dairy, textiles, tourism and films are still fancied investment destination while solar power, bio-fuel and civil aviation are joining se as potential investment hubs.

chief minister pointed out that UP, which contributes 8 per cent of country's Gross Domestic Product, with a population of 24 crores is a big market in itself. Talking about infrastructure development, he said state is going to have a huge network of expressways, which will criss-cross entire country.

A 340-km-long Purvanchal Expressway from Lucknow to Ghazipur, 290-kms long Bundelkhand Expressway linking Chitrakoot to Lucknow-Agra Expressway, 90-km Gorakhpur link Expressway and 170-km Prayagraj link Expressway will be re in state soon, chief minister said.

"Not only this, but state government has also decided to construct a 600-km-long Ganga Expressway from Prayagraj to National Capital Region through Hardoi, Shahjahanpur, Kannauj and Meerut. This is going to be longest Expressway of country," he ded. As anor landmark in infrastructure, proposed Jewar international airport in Noida will be biggest in north India.

Besides, Kushinagar airport is also coming up which will cater to eastern Uttar Presh a great deal, ityanath said.

Besides ministers and senior officers, representatives of industry who took part in meeting included Sangita Reddy, President, FICCI, Nikhil Sawhney, Chairman, CII, Norrn Region, D K Agarwal, President, PHDCCI,  Pankaj Kumar, President, IIA, Shar Kumar Sarraf, Tre Promotion Council of India, Shri Mohit Singh, Chairman, Tre Promotion Council of India and  Baldev Bhai Prajapati, President, Laghu Udyog Bharti.

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