Mumbai : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called on several banking and financial sector leaders in Mumbai, and invited them to be partners in the development of his state – the country’s most populous state.
The Chief Minister met these industrialists as part of his two-day visit to Mumbai ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit.
Uttar Pradesh is all set to host the summit in Lucknow from February 10 to 12, 2023.
“When our government was formed in 2017, the financial condition of the state was very bad. We made some plans and called the banks, but the credit was so bad that the banks did not respond. Today I am happy to inform you. ” Everything has changed in UP. Today, we are a revenue-surplus state. We have more than doubled our annual budget,” he told industry leaders.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met SIDBI Chairman and MD S Raman, NABARD GM Smita Mohanty, National Stock Exchange MD and CEO Ashish Chauhan, Kotak Mahindra CEO Uday Kotak, Bank of Maharashtra Executive Director AB Vijay Kumar, Bank Executive Director Ajay Khurana of Baroda, SBI CMD Dinesh Khara, Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors CEO & MD Vishal Tulsian, KKR Partner & CEO Gaurav Trehan, Kotak Mahindra Bank Joint Managing Director Deepak Gupta, Standard Chartered Bank MD Manish Jain , CEO Yes Bank Prashant Kumar, IDBI CEO Rakesh Sharma, India Exim Bank MD Harsha Bangari, CGM and India Exim Bank CFO Tarun Sharma, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd MD and Bloom Ventures founder Karthik Reddy.
He apprised them about the infrastructural development in Uttar Pradesh and better connectivity through air, water, road and rail networks, which he said would help industries reach global and domestic markets.
Further, speaking about his ambition of taking Uttar Pradesh’s GDP to USD one trillion to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s target of USD 5 trillion economy, the Chief Minister said that it would be possible only with his cooperation. can be done.
“I have come today to tell all of you that we will provide all possible help to you in Uttar Pradesh. We will provide resources from everywhere and provide better environment. Banking institutions should cooperate with us to strengthen our MSME units, agriculture, FPOs.” , start-up,” he said.
In conclusion, he said: “I invite all of you Uttar Pradeshis to make the most of the immense opportunities present in our state and partner with us in Uttar Pradesh’s journey of progressive transformation and towards making a prosperous and prosperous New India.” Be.” powerful.”
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