UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets US delegation, says state is investor friendly

The Chief Minister (CM) of India's largest state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) assured the visiting US delegation that his government is committed to provide investor friendly atmosphere. 

The delegation comprises of members from 26 top US companies that had come to visit the state in order to meet the state cabinet and discuss feasibilities for investment. 

The delegation had come under the patronage of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). To facilitate more business opportunities for the state there will be a single window system which will be directly monitored by the Chief Minister's office said Adityanath. 

"Owing to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a new era has heralded in the India-US relations. Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, India is progressing as an emerging economy in the world.

"The prime minister wants that Uttar Pradesh should move ahead expeditiously on the road of economic development. Tofurther strengthen the India-US ties, the sudrirh arthvyavastha (robust economy) of UP will work as a backbone," the UP CM said. 

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The USISPF said in a statement, "Our mission reaches far beyond this. It is about business and government coming together in new ways to create meaningful opportunities that have the power to change the lives of citizens." 

Officials from the US Embassy and US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) are also a part of the delegation, which included representatives from Facebook, Adobe, Coca Cola, Mastercard, Mosanto, Uber, Honeywell, P&G, Oracle and GE Health, besides Pratt & Whitney, Merck, Medtronic, Azure Power and Cargill. 

(With PTI inputs)