Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone of 1406 projects worth more than Rs 80,000 crores.
Projects encompass diverse sectors like Agriculture and Allied, IT and Electronics, MSME, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Pharma, Tourism, Defence & Aerospace, Handloom & Textiles etc.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Lucknow to attend Ground Breaking Ceremony @3.0 of the UP Investors Summit.
Ceremony was attended by top industry leaders of the country. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister Rajnath Singh were among those present.
Speaking on occasion, Prime Minister thanked investors for showing their faith in the capability, dedication, hard work and understanding of the youth of Uttar Pradesh.
He also asked the industrialists to visit Kashi. “As a representative of Kashi, I would urge you to visit my Kashi. Fact that Kashi, along with its ancient glory can emerge into a new version of itself, is a living example of the capabilities of Uttar Pradesh”, he added.
Prime Minister said that proposals that were entered into today will create new possibilities in Uttar Pradesh and reflect the growing confidence in the growth story of Uttar Pradesh.
“Only our democratic India has the power to meet the parameters of a trustworthy partner that the world is looking for today. Today the world is looking at India’s potential as well as appreciating India’s performance”, he said.
Prime Minister informed that India is the fastest growing of the G20 economies and is at number two in Global Retail Index.
India is the third largest energy consumer country in the world. Last year, a record FDI of $84 billion came from more than 100 countries of the world, press release added.
