UP Govt holds roadshow in Bengaluru to attract IT giants

To attract IT and electronics sector for investment in Uttar Pradesh during UP Investors Summit 2018, scheduled to be held on 21st and 22nd February, UP Government on Monday organised a roadshow in Bengaluru. 

Uttar Pradesh Industries Development Minister Satish Mahana and six senior bureaucrats held meetings with many investors and business persons in Bengaluru. 

Uttar Pradesh has two big IT hubs at Noida and Greater Noida with more than 25 special economic zones and software technology parks but Uttar Pradesh's BJP government now wants to foster growth in cities like Kanpur, Meerut, Agra, and Bundelkhand region.

In an exclusive interview with News Nation, Satish Mahana said, "We want to develop entire state and will provide all the facilities to the companies who will invest in Uttar Pradesh.”

Uttar Pradesh Government has announced that all the IT/ITe companies will be provided land at subsidised rates, stamp duty exemption, electricity duty exemption coupled with EPF incentives, added Mahana.