Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India]December 18 (ANI): Team Yogi (Government of Uttar Pradesh), which has been successful in garnering foreign investment for the state through its road shows abroad, has signed an MoU with Austin University in San Francisco, USA, to build a Knowledge Smart City at the cost of $42 billion (about Rs 35,000 crore).
The knowledge city will be built on 5,000 hectares of land and will include the best universities in the world. Additionally, Star Consortium will provide data center and logistics services in the state while SLG will build the Capital Data Center. With these investment proposals and MoUs, thousands of employment opportunities will be available to the people of the state.
Notably, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set a target of attracting investment of Rs 10 lakh crore through the Global Investors Summit to be held in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow between February 10-12. To fulfill this objective, CM Yogi has sent 8 teams of ministers and officials to 18 countries to attract investments through road shows and fairs.
The US-based Saloni Heart Foundation has also signed an MoU in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna and Additional Principal Secretary (Infrastructure and Industrial Development) Arvind Kumar in San Francisco, USA.
Ashraf Ali Mustafa, President of Austin University, informed about the project, that the best universities would engage in this project. This project is expected to completely change the face of higher education in India and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, 3 MoUs were also signed with FalconX CEO Murali Chirala, which includes setting up a center in Noida. Along with this, 2 investments of Rs 20 crore each will be made in Uttar Pradesh. FalconX is a fintech startup company. Its entrepreneurs have shown interest in setting up incubators and accelerator units under Invest UP.
The delegation met members of the global entrepreneurship organization TiE and Indians who contributed to the creation of Silicon Valley in San Francisco. The delegation appealed to him to make Silicon Valley in UP so that Indians can also benefit from it.
On the other hand, during the road show in Japan, Yukinori Kobe, director of Seiko Advance Limited, signed an MoU worth Rs 850 crore with the Uttar Pradesh government to set up a manufacturing unit at Gautam Buddha Nagar. Through this MoU, more than 200 employment opportunities will be created for the people of the state.
Singapore to invest for data center UPCIDA signed an agreement with Star Consortium Pvt. Ltd for data center and logistics services in Uttar Pradesh. Through this MoU, an investment of Rs 2,000 crore will be made in Uttar Pradesh and hundreds of people will get employment opportunities in the state. Similarly, a memorandum of understanding was signed with Singapore’s SLG Capital to set up a data center in the state. With the investment of Rs 8,273 crore, the state will get employment opportunities along with technological growth.
Investment proposals worth thousands of crores of rupees from Germany, Belgium, Sweden’s Industrial Development Minister Nand Gopal tweeted that his foreign trips were very successful in attracting investments. He wrote, inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guidance and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s action mantra, that the road shows in Germany, Belgium and Sweden were very successful. Within 9 days, Team Yogi toured 3 countries and investment proposals worth thousands of crores of rupees.
Global Investors Summit 2023 will turn out to be a grand festival of prosperity from Sankalp to Siddhi (from promise to realization of goals). With the cooperation and participation of the world’s prestigious companies, the industrial and economic development of New Uttar Pradesh in New India will be strong, inclusive and self-reliant. The global entrepreneurial community welcomes Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s visionary thinking and commitment with open arms and the country enjoys full support from embassies and diplomats abroad, thanks to the efforts of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of External Affairs.
The Deputy CM will hold roadshows in France on Monday. The round of roadshows and one-on-one business meetings in foreign countries will continue on December 19 as well. After the road show in Netherlands now Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and IT and Electronics Department Minister Yogendra Upadhyay will visit France on Monday and through the road show the big companies here will be invited to invest in Uttar Pradesh. (ANI)