In pursuance of chief minister Mayawati?s resolve to build infrastructural facilities in both the urban and rural sections of the state, the Uttar Pradesh government is all set push core sectors such as power, roads, transport, industry, health, education, irrigation and drinking water, as major private sector investment would be welcomed. For this, the government has decided to hold an investors? meet in New Delhi on July 14.
According to sources, Mayawati has been showing a lot of interst in the meet and is keen on heading the meet, along with her trusted officials.
While hectic preparations of the blueprint for the meeting are under way, sources claim that the main agenda of the meeting would be to dispel the general perception that Uttar Pradesh does not have an investor-friendly climate.
?The new middle path economic policy prepared by the chief minister clearly states that the public-private partnership model would be an important ingredient of the policy and it is with the help of this model, that the government is aiming to achieve development,? said the official. This is the first such meet that is being organised by the government ever since it came to power in May 2007. A list of top industry honchos is being drawn up who can help promote investment in the state.
It may be mentioned that the state government sshas been pursuing the goal of luring the private sector for a long time, and even though the industry has shown some interest, it has failed to usher in a wave of industrialisation in the state.
As a result, the government has now decided to organise the meet and would try to break the misconceptions that the industry may be having about the state and its business environment.