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Lucknow: MLA Sarojininagar Dr. Rajeshwar Singh has requested Hon’ble Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Ji to consider launching “Mission FDI-UP” to make Uttar Pradesh one of India’s leading destinations for foreign direct investment.
In his letter, Dr. Singh stated that Uttar Pradesh has made historic progress under the leadership of Hon’ble Chief Minister Ji in law and order, expressways, airports, industrial corridors, defence manufacturing, data centres, electronics, tourism and investor facilitation. He said that the State today has India’s largest consumer base, abundant manpower, improving logistics, political stability and a strong infrastructure pipeline.
Referring to DPIIT data, Dr. Singh highlighted that from October 2019 to December 2025, FDI equity inflow in India has remained highly concentrated in a few states. Maharashtra received ₹8.31 lakh crore, Karnataka ₹5.42 lakh crore, Gujarat ₹3.91 lakh crore, Delhi ₹3.26 lakh crore, Tamil Nadu ₹1.49 lakh crore, Haryana ₹1.35 lakh crore and Telangana ₹1.01 lakh crore, while Uttar Pradesh received ₹23,158 crore, approximately 1% of India’s state-wise FDI equity inflow.
He said that this gap is not due to lack of potential, as UP has scale, land, labour, market and connectivity. The real challenge is to convert this potential into investor confidence, global branding, sector-specific clusters and faster project grounding.
Dr. Singh proposed five key measures: creation of a CM-led Global Investor War Room, preparation of country-wise and company-wise FDI strategies, development of sector-specific global clusters and FDI-ready districts, promotion of an anchor-plus-supplier and skill ecosystem, and strengthening of global branding, diaspora outreach and investor aftercare.
He suggested that UP should focus on countries such as Japan, South Korea, USA, UK, Germany, UAE, Singapore and Taiwan, and sectors including electronics, semiconductors, EVs, defence, aerospace, data centres, food processing, tourism, logistics and Global Capability Centres.
Dr. Singh stated that although geography gives coastal and older industrial states an advantage, governance, infrastructure, skills and execution can change economic destiny. He added that UP’s next leap must be from population to productivity, from MoUs to manufacturing, and from investment announcements to grounded factories, exports, service centres and jobs.
He concluded that a developed India cannot be built without a developed Uttar Pradesh, and urged that Mission FDI-UP may be considered as a priority economic mission to place UP among India’s top five FDI destinations within the next five years.