The Uttar Pradesh government has identified 21 cities in 19 countries for international roads shows to woo investors for the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit-2023 (UPGIS-2023). The summit is scheduled on February 10-12, 2023 to attract ₹10 lakh crore investment.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and some ministers will participate in the roads shows.
Though most senior officers remained tightlipped about the destinations to be covered by Yogi and his teams, those aware of the developments said the road shows have been proposed on different days in November 2022.
Yogi’s visit has been proposed to New York (USA), Bangkok (Thailand), Moscow (Russia) and Port Louis (Mauritius). One of the two deputy chief ministers is likely to lead separate teams to San Francisco (USA), Toronto (Canada) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) while the other one may lead a team to Paris (France), London (UK) and Eindhoven (Netherlands).
Infrastructure and industrial development commissioner Arvind Kumar said a final shape was yet to be given to the tour programmes of the chief minister, deputy chief ministers and ministers. He said international destinations were not yet final.
“The chief minister will go to some places. But the itinerary for the chief minister’s tour is still being finalised. Two deputy chief ministers and some ministers will also visit international destinations. But the itinerary of their tours is still not final,” said Kumar.
Yogi reviewed preparations for the UPGIS-2023 at a high-level meeting on Thursday. He said work for setting up Groups of Ministers (GoMs) for the visits should be completed at the earliest. Those likely to lead the GoMs include minister for industry Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi, minister of state for IT and electronics Yogendra Upadhyay, finance minister Suresh Khanna, tourism minister Jaiveer Singh and agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi.
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