Uttar Pradesh investors' summit on January 23, CM Yogi Adityanath asks officials to pull up socks

LUCKNOW: Asserting that UP had emerged as a dream destination for industrial investment in the country, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed officials across departments to pull up their socks to propel the growth bandwagon to the next level through the UP Global Investors' Summit 2023. Fixing UP Divas - celebrated on January 23 each year - as the date for the summit, the CM told officials to target investment of Rs 10 lakh crore in the state through the event.
Reviewing preparations for the same at an official meeting, the CM said: "Imbibing PM Narendra Modi's mantra of 'Reform, Perform and Transform', Uttar Pradesh is moving fast towards becoming the second largest economy of the country. As of now, it is at the number six. The 'Uttar Pradesh Global Investor Summit', proposed to take place in January 2023, is a great opportunity to boost the new aspirations of Uttar Pradesh. The state must work and eye an investment target of Rs 10 lakh crore," the CM said. Directing officials that the summit must last for a minimum of three days with MSMEs as the focus of the first day, the CM said that the Global Investor Summit of UP should be given wide publicity by organizing road shows in countries like UK, USA, Canada, UAE, Sweden, Singapore, Netherlands, Israel, France, Germany, South Korea, Mauritius, Russia and Australia.
"We must send our team to these countries, so that a conducive environment of UP may be created in countries of significance to the industrial world," the CM said, adding that Singapore proposing to join UP as partner for the Global Investors' Summit was a matter of pride.