The Uttar Pradesh government has geared up for the overseas tour programmes of chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his ministerial colleagues in the lead-up to the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit-2023 to be held in Lucknow on February 10-12 next year with a target of attracting ₹10 lakh crore investment.
Adityanath, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and other ministers will hold road shows in nearly 26 cities across 20 countries. The tours will begin on November 18 and continue till the third week of December.
A total of 10 delegations would be part of the exercise. They would visit the USA (New York, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles), the United Kingdom (London), the United Arab Emirates (Dubai and Abu Dhabi), the Netherlands (Eindhoven) and France (Paris).
Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver), Brazil (Rio De Janeiro), Mexico (Mexico City), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Germany (Munich) and Belgium (Brussels) are also among the destinations. Sweden (Stockholm), Japan (Tokyo), South Korea (Seoul), Singapore, Thailand (Bangkok), Australia (Sydney), Mauritius (Port Louis), South Africa (Johannesburg) and Israel (Tel Aviv) are on the list as well.
Yogi Adityanath will hold road shows in London, New York, Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco, those aware of the development said. His tour dates are being given final shape to ensure his availability for poll campaigning in Gujarat.
The delegation led by the chief minister will focus on information technology (IT) and electronics, agriculture and food processing sectors, defence and aerospace, pharmaceutical and medical equipment, energy, venture capital, retail, automobile component, energy, electronic vehicles and textile sectors.
About 16 ministers will either lead or accompany the various delegations. Finance minister Suresh Khanna, likely to be accompanied by minister for MSME Rakesh Sachan, will leave for Dubai and Abu Dhabi and remain there from December 1 to 5. This…