UP Attracts More Investments due to Good Infrastructure and Liberal Policies: Akhilesh Yadav

One cannot see India progressing if Uttar Pradesh’s contribution to the country’s economy is removed, UP Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav has said at an ASSOCHAM event held in Lucknow.

“It is a wrong notion that nothing happens in a right manner in Uttar Pradesh because if one removes the state’s contribution to the Indian economy then you can see that country is not progressing,” said Yadav while inaugurating a conference on ‘Uttar Pradesh @Double Digit Growth: Unfolding Investment Opportunities,’ organised by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

“Uttar Pradesh has been able to draw industrialists and investors in large numbers as we have good infrastructure, our policies are lucrative and we have been able to provide an overall positive environment and thus today we can think of attaining double digit growth,” said the chief minister.

Terming his government ‘very liberal’ and ‘easily accessible,’ he said, “It is due to these efforts that we have been able to create a new atmosphere in this state.”

“We are committed towards development of Uttar Pradesh, while the government is implementing its policies it needs the support from trade and industry without which we cannot attain the desired level of growth and development,” he added.

Lauding the efforts of his government in fast tracking metro rail construction in the state capital of Lucknow, Yadav said, “Today whosoever visits Lucknow cannot escape from witnessing the growth in the state.”

“There are so many states that only talk about starting metro rail but have not succeeded, however a huge state like UP is undertaking metro rail work in Noida, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, we will soon start construction in Kanpur and if all goes well we will start metro work in Prime Minister's constituency of Varanasi,” added the UP chief minister.

“This has the potential to change our image, increase business and bring change,” he further said.

He also said that state government would work towards developing Noida as an international financial hub and is even willing to take the support of union government if required.

Amid others who spoke at the ASSOCHAM conference included: Nitin Agarwal, minister for MSME; Rajendra Chaudhary, minister political pension; Alok Ranjan, chief secretary; Mahesh Gupta, principal secretary – industries; Sunil Kanoria, President, ASSOCHAM; Dr Lalit Khaitan, chairman, ASSOCHAM Northern Region Development Council; Vineet Mittal, chairman, ASSOCHAM Solar Task Force and D.S. Rawat, Secretary General.