UP govt promoting industries in state: Akhilesh

The Uttar Pradesh government was taking the required steps to encourage the setting up of new industries in the state as it will help in generating job opportunities and raising the state's per capita income, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said here today.
Akhilesh, while inaugurating the All India Rabi Seminar of Oil Seeds, Oil Trade and Industry asked the industrialists from different parts of the country to set up their units in UP to help in the state's development.
Problems related to the sugar industry in the state and the perfume sector in Kannauj have been solved after several round of deliberations, he said.

Akhilesh also called for steps to increase oilseeds production in the state by using better quality seeds and improved technique.