Lucknow, 12 February: Showering encomiums on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that investors are keen because the Uttar Pradesh government has ended the atmosphere of fear. Because of this, UP is marching on the path of development.
Speaking on the possibilities of investment in UP in the session organised on the topic ‘Opportunities of Uttar Pradesh in Excise and Sugar Industry’ at the UP Global Investors Summit (GIS) 2023, he said that a lot of changes have taken place in Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of CM Yogi Adityanath.
“In 2017, when we were preparing the party’s manifesto for the elections, the problem was how to accommodate every need of the public. People were completely distressed at that time and wanted a change. We made an estimate that the amount of budget we would need to remove all the problems of the people is not in the treasury of UP and there is also lack of resources,” he said.
He said that the way the revenue of the Excise Department is increasing, it shows that the government has been successful in curbing the liquor mafia. Investors are getting attracted by the efficient policies of the government and are increasingly investing in UP. Today, Uttar Pradesh has become the favorite state of investors. UP has made a big jump in the Ease of Doing Business ranking and occupies second place in the whole country.
Goyal said, “UP has emerged as a new hope in the wine industry. Here wine of different taste is being made from 28 fruits. The state has identified a total of 32 raw materials from which wine is being prepared. Earlier, we used to hear only about wine from grapes.”
The union Minister said that people of countries like Australia are eager to enjoy such new experiments. Goyal appealed to industrialists to invest in UP’s wine industry too.
