Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is in Mumbai with a roadshow to introduce investors to opportunities of favourable business climate in his state that will be showcased at the Global Investor Summit (GIS) in Lucknow from Feb 10-12.
Notably, in December 2022, eight delegations of ministers and senior officials from UP had visited 21 cities in 16 countries and received investment proposals worth Rs7.12 lakh crore. The roadshows in nine Indian cities, beginning with Mumbai, are a continuation of that exercise.
In Mumbai, Adityanath is scheduled to meet the country’s leading industrialists and bankers as well as prominent film personalities in the context of the upcoming Film City in Noida.
The list of industrialists includes Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekharan, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Piramal Enterprises Chairman Ajay Piramal, JSW Group MD Sajjan Jindal, Parle Agro Chairman Prakash Chauhan and MD Shawna Chauhan, Torrent Power MD Jindal Mehta and Hiranandani Group CEO Darshan Hiranandani.
Adityanath is the third Chief Minister after Odisha CM Navin Patnaik and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan to visit Mumbai and invite investors to their respective states.
Adityanath to call Koshyari
Prior to these closed-door meetings, Adityanath will make a courtesy call on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. He will also meet officials of various banks at Hotel Taj.
Adityanath's Itinerary in Mumbai
At the roadshow from noon to 2pm, representatives of various industry groups will be given information about ‘ease of doing business’ and ‘ease of starting business’ in UP.
Later in the evening, he will meet a delegation comprising Indian Merchant Chambers President Anant Singhania, Wockhardt Chairperson Habil F Khorkiwala, Dr Tushar Motiwala from Kokilaben Hospital, among others. Other industrialists include Ashok P Hinduja, Sanjeev Mehta, Pankaj Munjal, Anant Goenka and SN Subramaniam.
