UP will sign 23 MoUs worth Rs 50,000 crore during DefExpo: CM Yogi

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the state government will sign 23 memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the ongoing Defence Expo 2020 in Lucknow.

He said these agreements would create employment opportunities for 300,000 people and fetch investments worth Rs 50,000 crore for UP Defence Corridor, which spans six nodes at Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Aligarh and Agra.

Adityanath was addressing a gathering after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated India’s largest ever Defence Expo 2020 here.

“DefExpo in Lucknow is a big achievement for UP,” the CM said while thanking Modi and defence minister Rajnath Singh, who is also