GBC @4.0 To Kickstart In Lucknow Today, PM Modi To Inaugurate The Mega Event

Lucknow, February 19 (TNA) On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate more than 14 thousand projects worth more than Rs 10 lakh crore across the state through the Ground Breaking Ceremony (GBC 4.0) at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in the capital Lucknow. Along with this, possibilities of about 34 lakh employment opportunities will also be opened up in the state.

Prime Minister Modi will also visit the exhibition to be organized here along with CM Yogi. He will also address the people of the state in the main GBC hangar and extend best wishes for the commencement of these projects. It is noteworthy that the Global Investors Summit was organized between 10 and 12 February last year. About a year later, Ground Breaking Ceremony 4.0 is being organized between 19-21 February, in which many VIPs including PM Modi will participate.

Hinduja Group Chairman Dheeraj Hinduja, Samsung South West Asia CEO JP Park, INGKA CEO Susan Pulverer, Torrent Group MD Jinal Mehta and Adverb Technologies Chairman Jalaj Mehta will also be present. On this occasion, a short film based on the achievements of the state government will also be shown to the PM.

All preparations for the event have been completed. Two days ago, CM Yogi also took stock of the preparations and gave the necessary guidelines. Around 4000 participants from across the world are expected to participate in the event, which includes renowned industrialists, Fortune Global/India 500 companies, foreign investor partners, Ambassadors/High Commissioners and other distinguished guests. In such a situation, different responsibilities have been given by Invest UP for the successful organization of the program.

In this, nodal officers have been appointed for hotel arrangements of special guests, while key people have also been appointed for airport, help desk, vehicle arrangement, parking as well as registration. Gold, Silver and Red passes have been made available to the visiting delegates.

10 different pavilions have been set up at the exhibition site, which include AI Pavilion, Textile, Data Centre/Electronics & IT, Warehouse & Logistics, Film City, Invest UP/Top Investors, Medical Devices, EV & Renewable Energy and Defence/Aerospace. Are. For the event, German hangars have been built using steel shipping containers as their base. Also, 3D replica models of all the defense equipment including Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple will be displayed here. Along with this, the first glimpse of the film city which is going to be built in Yida area will also be seen here.

Along with the inauguration of GBC on 19th February, a grand exhibition will also be organized in which more than 9 special sectors will be showcased. A 3-day exhibition will be organized in an area of 1250 square meters. These include AI Pavilion, Textile, Logistics and Warehousing, Defense and Aerospace, Data Centre/Electronics and IT, EV and Renewable Energy, Film City, Medical equipment and ODOP. Sectoral sessions will also be organized in which the current status and future outline of Uttar Pradesh in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) will be shown.

14,619 projects worth Rs 10,23,537 crore are going to be launched in the state through GBC. The most important thing is that this investment will take place in all parts and districts of the state. Under this, a maximum of 52 per cent of investment projects will be started in Paschimanchal part of the state. Whereas 29 per cent of investment projects will be implemented in Purvanchal, 14 per cent in Madhyachal and 5 per cent in Bundelkhand. Investment projects will be started in all 75 districts of the state. There are 19 districts which have achieved 100% of the investment target.

In this, Etah recorded 354 per cent, Sitapur 145 per cent, Shahjahanpur 127 per cent, Sonbhadra 121 per cent, Chandauli 117 per cent, Muzaffarnagar and Moradabad 114 per cent, Mirzapur 113 per cent, Hardoi 111 per cent, Amethi 108 per cent, Barabanki 108 per cent, Fatehpur, Gonda achieved 105 per cent, Bareilly 104 per cent, Rampur 103 per cent, Bahraich 101 per cent and Lakhimpur Kheri, Bhadohi and Bijnor achieved 100 per cent.

Most of the investment at 19.24 per cent is set to be in housing. Apart from this, 15 per cent of investment is in renewable energy, 13 per cent in manufacturing, 10 per cent in IT and IT-based services, 7.83 per cent in logistics and warehousing, 7.5 per cent in energy, 6.01 per cent in food processing, 5.27 per cent in electronics manufacturing, 2.96 per cent in education.

Along with this, Agriculture (0.37%), Animal Husbandry (0.25%), Automobiles & Electric Vehicles (0.33%), Biofuels/Biomass (0.82%), Dairy (1.04%), Defense & Aerospace (0.55%), Distilleries ( 0.84%), Financial Services (0.12%), Food & Civil Supplies (1.08%), Health Services (2.73%), Hospitality & Entertainment (2.78%), Infrastructure (0.02%), Textiles & Handloom (1.28%), Lumber Investment projects will also be started in based industry (1.00%) and other sectors (0.11%).

37 departments are contributing to the projects worth more than Rs 10 lakh crore that are being started in the state through 37 departments. Among these, 16 departments have achieved more than 100 per cent target. In this, the Basic Education Department has given 888 per cent, Food and Civil Supplies (226%), Forest Department (182%), AYUSH (173%), Animal Husbandry (167%), Energy (165%), Secondary Education (139%), Technical Education (133%), Horticulture (120%), Additional Energy Sources (114%), Cane Development & Sugar Industry (112%), Medical Education (110%), Health (105%), YIDA (103%), Civil Aviation (100%) and Ginaida (100%) are included.

This is the fourth groundbreaking ceremony of the Yogi government. Before this, the Yogi government had organized three groundbreaking ceremonies, through which investment worth more than Rs 2.10 lakh crore was brought to the ground in the state.

The Uttar Pradesh Government successfully organized the UP Investors Summit for the first time in February 2018. 1,045 MoUs worth Rs 4.28 lakh crore were signed at the summit. Subsequently, the first groundbreaking ceremony was held in July 2018 and the second groundbreaking ceremony was held in July 2019, in which 81 projects with an investment of Rs 61,792 crore and about 290 projects with an investment of Rs 67,202 crore respectively were successfully launched.

In June 2022, the third edition of the ground-breaking ceremony was held, in which over 1,400 projects with an investment of over Rs 80,000 crore were launched.