SINGAPORE/LUCKNOW: In a strategic push to position Uttar Pradesh as a prime global investment hub, Chief Minister Yogi Adityynath held high-level talks with Lim Cho Kiat, CEO of Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, and his team during his ongoing visit.
The discussions centered on GIC’s potential long-term investments in the state. CM Yogi extended a warm invitation, spotlighting UP’s policy stability, robust governance, stringent law and order, a massive consumer base exceeding 250 million, and rapidly expanding infrastructure as key draws.
‘Uttar Pradesh is now India’s fastest-growing economy,’ the Chief Minister asserted. ‘Our government is committed to providing investors with a secure, transparent, and investor-friendly ecosystem.’
Key sectors explored included logistics and warehousing along industrial corridors, renewable energy and storage projects, data centers and digital infrastructure, commercial real estate and integrated townships in emerging urban centers, fintech and digital platforms tailored to the MSME ecosystem, and skill development for future-oriented industries.
CM Yogi emphasized the state’s vision to become a ‘future-ready’ industrial and economic powerhouse. Breakthrough projects like expressway networks, multimodal logistics parks, defense corridors, data center parks, and new industrial cities are transforming UP into a stable, high-return destination for long-term investors.
GIC, one of the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds with a strong footprint in India’s infrastructure, real estate, fintech, and digital sectors, sees immense promise in this partnership. This meeting is poised to channel global capital into UP, building on similar outreach efforts like Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya’s ongoing Europe tour to attract investments.