Lucknow, Apr 18 (Representative) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday asserted that Uttar Pradesh has the most favourable environment to set up enterprises and said that no mafia can spread terror in the state and every district is now safe having its own identity and the government is capable of safeguarding the interests and the capital of the investors. He said addressing an event in which a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the UP government and the Union government in the presence of Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goral for setting up a textile park in Lucknow and Hardoi district on 1,000 acre land under the PM Mega Integrated Textiles and Apparel (PM Mitra) scheme at Lok Bhawan. Slamming previous governments for making UP infamous because of poor law and order situation, Yogi said, “Prior to 2017, UP was known for riots and crime. Today, all districts in UP are witnessing growth and darkness in every way has been eliminated. The government is paving the way for UP’s development through airports, highways, and proper law and order situation.”
He said that earlier those who were trouble for UP are today in trouble themselves. “More than 700 riots took place in UP between 2012-17. Over 364 riots took place in UP between 2007-12 but not a single riot has taken place since 2017 till now,” he said. Expressing gratitude to the Prime Minister for choosing UP under the center’s ambitious PM Mega Integrated Textiles and Apparel (PM Mitra) scheme, the CM said, “This move is a step towards re-establishing the UP’s ancient glory and towards making the state the ‘new textile hub’ of the country.” Stating that despite having a rich history, districts like Kanpur lost their sheen in the textile industry, with factories shutting down one after the other while handloom and power looms industries kept collapsing, he said that however things have changed in the last six years with UP being one of the biggest beneficiaries of PM Modi’s vision. Yogi said, “As a result of the efforts in the last 6 years, the state received investment proposals worth over Rs 35 lakh crores and team UP is moving forward with these programs in a time-bound manner to bring an investment of up to Rs 10 lakh crores on the ground.”
He said that UP has its own policy for Textiles and Garments and the government is making every effort to take the state forward in terms of Ease of Doing Business. “For power in the textile industry, UP Power Corporation will work to provide a discount of two rupees per unit, as a part of our policy to encourage investors,” he said. The CM said that the government is also taking innovative measures to strengthen youth in every field in UP. “For those who will be working in the textile sector, an internship scheme has been taken out for them. This time there was a provision of the PM Internship Scheme in the Union Budget as well and on the same lines the state government has brought out an internship scheme of its own,” he said. In the program, the MoU was exchanged between Additional Secretary Textile, Government of India Rohit Kansal and Additional Chief Secretary Handloom and Textile Industry of UP Amit Mohan Prasad. This park is being developed in collaboration with the central and state Governments, in which private participation will also take place.