PM Modi launches projects worth ₹ 60k crore in UP investors meet

Adarsh Rout: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate around 81 projects worth close to Rs 60,000 crore during a ‘Ground Breaking Ceremony’ in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The foundation-laying ceremony will be held at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan and it will be telecasted live across the 75 districts of the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate around 81 projects worth close to Rs 60,000 crore during a ‘Ground Breaking Ceremony’ in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The foundation-laying ceremony will be held at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan and it will be telecasted live across the 75 districts of the state.

Within a few months, investment proposals for 81 projects amounting to an investment of about Rs 60,000 crore have materialised for a groundbreaking. The key projects include investments of Rs 10,000 crore by Reliance Jio Infocom and Rs 5,000 crore by BSNL for laying optical fibre cable network in the state. IT firms such as Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services will invest Rs 5,000 crore and Rs 2,300 crore, respectively, for setting up their campuses in the state.