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UP is targetting to increase merchandise exports to almost Rs 3 trillion in the next three years
The state government has tied up with leading commercial banks and financial institutions to promote the easy flow of funds to prospective investors
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had recently asked the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) department to identify top merchandise imports
To offer stamp duty, capital subsidy to attract investment under new MSME policy
According to a UP government spokesperson, incubators in fintech, education, health, agriculture, textile, and IT/IT-enabled services have been set up
After expressways, Yogi 2.0 is betting on airports, heliports
According to UP industrial development minister Nand Gopal Nandi, the government will utilise the swathes of defunct textile mills, estimated to be almost 1,500 acres, for fresh allotment to investors
Among the top-selling UP products are leather goods, carpets, hand woven textiles, brassware, glassware, sports goods, etc
UP accounts for nearly 38 per cent of the total expressway network in the country
While the firms are voluntarily jumping onto the listing bandwagon, the state government is also acting as a facilitator
UP is setting its sights on Rs 10 trillion in fresh investment from domestic and multinational companies at the high-ticket event
'The BJP has now risen to second spot, ahead of the BSP, as the political party of choice for Muslims in UP. This is a significant shift indeed'
The first of a four-part series highlights the impact of rising food prices on farmers' income
To make matters worse, the party has yet not announced its UP unit president after the incumbent, Ajay Kumar Lallu, resigned
Big ticket Budget aligns with UP's trillion dollar economy vision
The third part of a series captures the travails of tanneries from ground zero
At present, the PCHFL has a loan book of around Rs. 2,100 crore in UP, and 21 branches covering all the key markets in the state
Interestingly, Mayawati had tried to experiment by joining hands with the SP, her bitter rival, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls
"The coal crisis is being witnessed in 12 states once again after October 2021," All India Power Engineers Federation chairman Shailendra Dubey said
The Adityanath government 2.0 would require more than Rs 50,000 crore to fulfil the populist promises made in its 2022 manifesto