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Strategically located with seamless access to East, West & Central India

  • Largest Rail, Road & Air network hosts 55% of India’s expressway network
  • Highest number of International Airports
    (4 Operational @ Lucknow, Varanasi, Kushinagar, Ayodhya and 1 Under Construction @ Noida)
  • 1st Rapid Rail Transit System - ‘Namo Bharat’ (Delhi–Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS launched in October 2023)
  • 1st Multi Modal Waterways Terminal
    on river Ganges
  • Catchment of Eastern (57%) & Western (8.5%) Dedicated Freight Corridor linking ports & Defence Industrial Corridor

Emerging Economic Powerhouse of India

  • Vast land bank in key economic zones More than 46,000 acres GIS enabled land bank
  • 25+ sectoral policies offering attractive incentives Dedicated policy to attract FDI
  • Among top 5 manufacturing states of India 96 lakh+ MSMEs (highest in India)
  • Largest consumer base of India with 250 mn population
  • Hosts 7-cities with 1 mn plus and 7-others with over 0.5 mn plus population
  • 9.2% Contribution to India’s GDP
  • 11.2% Export Share & 5.2x Increase in Capital Outlay
  • Economy Growing at 14% (MoSPI, FY23)
  • GSDP of USD 250+ billion (At Current prices, FY2023) (MoSPI, FY23)

Business Friendly Governance

  • 481 Numbers of pre-establishment/pre-operation/renewal & additional services offered
  • 13.67 Lakh Number of license applications received
  • 13.26 Lakh Number of license applications disposed
  • 4500+ Compliances minimized; 577+ decriminalized
  • 41 Number of departments integrated
  • 1000+ Unique reforms implemented under BRAP
  • 200+ Services included in Janhit Guarantee Act for timely delivery of NOCs
  • Top Reform Nivesh Mitra identified as top reform by DPIIT
  • CSI Award Received award of excellence in CSI Awards 2021

UP FDI, Fortune Global 500, Fortune India 500 Companies’ Investment Promotion Policy

Industrial Investment & Employment Promotion Policy 2022

More than 25+ New/Amended Sector Specific Policies to attract investments

  • Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing
  • Electronics Manufacturing
  • Civil Aviation & MRO
  • Dairy Development
  • EV Manufacturing Policy
  • Warehousing & Logistics
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Information Technology
  • Data Centre
  • Solar Policy
  • Export Promotion Policy
  • Agri-export Policy
  • Food Processing
  • Start-up
  • Bio Energy Policy
  • Handloom & Textile
  • Tourism Policy
  • Integrated Township Policy
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Poultry Development
  • MSME Policy
  • Medical College (PPP)
  • Film Policy
  • QR CodeScan this to know more about 25+ sectoral policies https://invest.up.gov.in/policies/
Electronics Park
  • Electronics Park to come up along Yamuna expressway spread over 250 acres near Noida
  • Over INR 50,000 Cr investment envisaged
Textile Parks
  • Mega integrated textile region and apparel park coming up in Lucknow & Hardoi
  • Park to be set up over 1000 acres of land parcel under PM-MITRA scheme
Leather Parks
  • Mega Leather Clusters at Hardoi and Kanpur spread over 150 & 625 acres respectively
  • Total investment of INR 1350 Cr and employment generation for 10,000 people
  • Leather Park to be developed at Ramaipur, Kanpur over 235 acres
  • Project with estimated cost of INR 585 Cr under progress
Chemical Parks
  • Plastic Processing Parks at Auraiya and Gorakhpur spread over 150 acres in total
  • Perfume Park set up in Kannauj over 60 acres
Pharma Parks
  • Proposed Pharma Park at Lalitpur spread over 500 acres
  • Medical Device Park at Noida spread over 350 acres
  • Pharma Park to be set up in Lalitpur with estimated investment of INR 1500 Cr
  • Medical Device Park in Yamuna Expressway area targeting medical equipment manufacturing
Defence Corridor
  • Defence Industrial Corridor planned over about 74,000 acres across six nodes, viz, Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Lucknow, Kanpur and Chitrakoot

WHY UP

    • 81 Projects worth INR 61,847 Cr grounded
    • 2 Lakh Employment
    • 290 Projects worth INR 65,000 Cr grounded
    • 2.6 Lakh Employment
    • 1406 Projects worth INR 80,000 Cr grounded
    • 5 Lakh Employment
    • 14000+ Projects worth INR 10 Lakh Cr+ grounded
    • 34+ Lakh Employment