Team Yogi now eyes investment from Indian market giants

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To ensure that the Global Investors Summit scheduled to be held in Lucknow in February fulfils its objectives, Team Yogi is all set to visit seven major cities of the country in January to woo domestic investors.

During their visit, the ministers and officials of the government including the Chief Minister will establish communication with over 40 major companies and will invite them to invest in UP, officials here on Thursday said.

The Yogi Government will hold high-level meetings with domestic giants in seven metropolitan cities of the country. In Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Bengaluru, Team Yogi will not only contact 42 companies through road shows, but will also invite them to invest in UP. The Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) will aid the government in organising roadshows in all seven cities.

Moreover, two cabinet-level ministers will lead the road shows to be organised in each city. The Chief Minister, both Deputy Chief Ministers, Finance Minister, IT and Electronics Minister, Industrial Development Minister and other ministers will mainly hold talks with domestic investors.

The Chief Secretary, six Additional Chief Secretaries and 10 Principal Secretaries will also participate. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself will lead the team in Mumbai, while Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak will take charge in Hyderabad and Keshav Prasad Maurya in Kolkata.

Team Yogi will invite around 42 investors in India to invest in UP. These include Godrej, Reliance Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Group, JSW Group, Asian Paints, Britannia, Aditya Birla Group, Bombay Dyeing, Nestle, Coca Cola, DCM Shriram, SRF, Vardhman, Triveni Engineering, Heidelberg Cement, Sabros, Maruti, Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Eicher, Nokia, Ashok Leyland, Sundaram Fasteners, Sundaram Clayton, TVS Motors, L&T, Grundfos Pumps, Elgi, Lakshmi Mills, Berger Paints, Exide, Texmaco, RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, Wockhardt, ITC, Eveready, Adani Group, Torrent Group, Hitachi, Rasna, Amul, Oswal Industries, Arvind Mills, ECIL, HP, Amara Raja, Ramke, Lafarge, Marino Foods, Divi Lab, Dell, IBM, Centum Electronics, ABB, Volvo, Toyota, Honeywell, Bosch, Biocon and Hall company, among others.