New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate several projects in Uttar Pradesh on Friday (June 3, 2022). PM Modi will attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the third Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit today. The prime minister will lay the foundation stone of 1,406 projects worth more than Rs 80,000 crore in the state. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the projects encompass diverse sectors like agriculture and allied industry, IT and electronics, MSME, manufacturing, renewable energy, pharma, tourism, defence & aerospace, and handloom & textiles, among others.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took it to Twitter on Friday morning and said, "Under the guidance of respected PM Narendra Modi ji, `New India of New Uttar Pradesh` has become the best destination in the country for investment. The enthusiasm of investors towards Ground Breaking Ceremony 3.0 is a direct proof of this. This ceremony is going to give flight to the aspirations of `New Uttar Pradesh`."
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) June 2, 2022
Check PM Modi’s itinerary here:
- At around 11 AM, Prime Minister will reach Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow where he will attend the Ground Breaking Ceremony @3.0 of the UP Investors Summit, the Prime Minister`s office informed.
- At around 1:45 PM, Prime Minister will reach Paraunkh village, Kanpur, where he will accompany President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Pathri Mata Mandir.
- At around 2 PM, they will visit Dr BR Ambedkar Bhawan, which will be followed by a visit to Milan Kendra at 2:15 PM. The Kendra is the ancestral house of the President that was donated for public use and converted to a community centre (Milan Kendra).
- Subsequently, they will attend a public function at Paraunkh village at 2:30 PM.
The Ground Breaking Ceremony will be attended by top industry leaders of the country. Leading industrialists, including Gautam Adani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Sajjan Jindal, and Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, are likely to attend the event, officials from the UP government said.
The UP Investors Summit 2018 was held on February 21st -22nd, 2018, with the first Ground Breaking Ceremony being held on July 29, 2018 and second Ground Breaking Ceremony on July 28, 2019.
During the first Ground Breaking Ceremony, the foundation of 81 projects worth more than Rs 61,500 crore was laid, while in the second Ground Breaking Ceremony, the foundation of 290 projects with investments of more than Rs 67,000 crore was laid.
(With agency inputs)
