Support for UP pouring in from Japan and San Francisco also

Uttar Pradesh is going to be a major destination for the foreign investors. More and more foreign investors have evined interest to come to the state after they received the proposals from the delegations of the State Ministers dispatched to different countries.

According to information, the delegations on the tour to the foreign countries have been able to convince the big investors of the state’s with immense scope for investment on many fronts.

The Team Yogi received investment offers, now, even from the US (San Francisco), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore and Netherland.

The 8 delegations under the leadership of State Ministers, have also signed several MoUs during the round table conferences with a number of countries to achieve the taerget of Rs 10 lakh crore investment through the Global Investors Summit to be held from February 10 next year.

According to reports, State Jal Shakti Minister, Swatantradev Singh, who is leading the delegation to Singapore in association with the Enterprise Singapore, held talks with more than 20 big companies who have shown interest for investment in the state.

The investors, mostly, preferred, defence, basic infrastructure, education and urban development sectors. A few MoUs was also signed covering investments worth Rs 8,500 crore in collaboration with the Enterprise Singapore in various sectors.

Meanwhile, the MoUs were also signed between the Western Sydney University Parramatta, the Gautam Buddha University (Noida-Greater Noida) for cooperation and investment in areas like urban agriculture, urban forestry, greening in cities, water conservation, and student exchange programmes.

State Tourism and Culture Minister, Jaiveer Singh, and Technical Education Minister, Ashish Patel, led the delegation and met Kunihiro Funakoshi of the Sysmex Corporation, a leader in hematology in the field of Japanese pharmaceuticals.

The Sysmex already has a presence in India and has also interested to expand its base in medical device parks in Uttar Pradesh.

The delegation discussed the scope for pharmaceutical advancement with Hiroyuki Akatsuka, an associate director of the Life Science Industry Division of the Osaka Prefectural Government, with Masafumi Yamagishi, MD, Kansai Pharmaceutical Industries Association, regarding investment in the Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster.

Earlier, the delegation signed a Rs 5,000-crore MoU with Akihiko Yamashiro of the One World Corporation in Tokyo for the development of waste management facilities at Gautam Buddhanagar. For the textile park, the Nissenken Quality Evaluation Center, had signed a Rs 10,000 crore MoU with Takeshi Endo of the Tokyo Laboratory.

The delegation led by Deputy CM, Keshav Prasad Maurya, and IT Minister, Yogendra Upadhyay, met Peter Potman, Deputy Director General of External Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, in the Netherlands and discussed cooperation and partnership in the fields of food processing, agriculture and dairy sectors. The delegation welcomed the Netherlands as a partner country and invited them to the Global Investors Summit as well as the G20 Summit in India.

The delegation also met Indian Ambassador, Reenat Sandhu, at India House in Hague, to discuss the strength of Indian and Dutch businesses and explore avenues of cooperation to enhance bilateral relations between Uttar Pradesh and the Netherlands.

Additionally, the delegation visited the World Horticentre, where they had a meeting with Director Business Development (India) Desh Ramnath.
The delegation, led by Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana, Animal Husbandry Minister Dharmapal Singh, and Chief Secretary, DS Mishra, visited the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Canada.

The Consulate General of India here, in collaboration with the British Columbia Council for International Education (BCCIE), organised a roundtable conference and networking event for the delegation.

On this occasion, the representatives of British Columbia were invited to invest and participate in the education sector in Uttar Pradesh. On Wednesday, the delegation signed six MoUs with Canadian companies worth Rs 12 billion.

A delegation led by Industrial Development Minister, Nand Gopal Gupta, Public Works Minister, Jitin Prasad, and Additional Chief Secretary (Sports), Navneet Sehgal, reached the headquarters of weapons maker Saab in Stockholm.

The has shown its interest to set up a weapon system plant in UP and the delegation agreed to provide land near the Aligarh Defence Corridor. Svenska Aeroplan Aktie Bolag (SAAB), mainly makes Gripen aircraft and Karl Gustaf weapon systems.

The same Karl Gustaf Weapon System, manufacturing plant is expected to be set up in UP. The delegation also visited the Ericsson studio and proposed investment in the field of electronics in UP. Ericsson agreed to invest in AI, automation and nanotechnology in the region.

State Finance Minister, Suresh Khanna, and former minister, and MLA, Siddharth Nath Singh, led the delegation and met representatives of the Bay Area Council in San Francisco. The delegation invited the Council members to the Global Investors Summit.

During the visit, the delegation visited the Stanford University and met with Western Digital President, Dr. Shiva, and also met Shivram. He also held discussions with Neeraj Bhatia, a certified public accountant in San Francisco, and Rose Cheung, president of Radiant Energy LLC.