SINGAPORE/LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wasted no time on his Singapore sojourn, diving straight into game-changing meets with foreign investors and corporate leaders. Day one centered on forging ties for investments in high-potential areas like infrastructure, healthcare logistics, and digital urban transformation.
The marquee session involved Temasek Holdings’ Chairman Tio Chee Heen, where strategies aligned Temasek’s global prowess with UP’s growth story. Yogi pitched aggressively for collaborations in data centers, skilling programs, warehousing, and fintech urban projects.
Notable revelations: Manipal Hospitals gearing up for a Rs 500 crore facility in Ghaziabad, alongside Ascendas’ Rs 500 crore logistics overhaul—initiatives primed to ignite healthcare revolutions and supply chain efficiencies statewide.
Mutual enthusiasm peaked for synergies in cutting-edge domains, perfectly syncing with UP’s blueprint for employment-rich, tech-forward development. The CM painted a vivid picture of UP’s enablers: superior governance, expressway grids, defense hubs, electronics prowess, data policies, and logistics hotspots.
Emphasizing UP’s status as a turbocharged economy, Yogi vowed investor-centric reforms under Ease of Doing Business, ensuring reliable, long-haul partnerships that spawn jobs and capabilities. This tour is a linchpin in UP’s trillion-dollar aspirations.
Optimism runs high for breakthrough investments, complemented by Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya’s ongoing European mission to broaden UP’s investment horizon.