Covid-19: UP plans special package to woo MNCs disenchanted with China

Adityanath govt has been planning a Global Investors Summit in Lucknow by 2021-end to position the state as an ideal international investment destination across sectors

The Uttar Pradesh government is looking to woo disenchanted multinational companies looking to shift their manufacturing bases away from China in the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath has directed top bureaucrats to work out a special package, which could be offered to such companies in addition to the existing incentives already in place to attract private sector investment.

“The chief minister has directed the industrial development and MSME department to formulate a package for these companies, which could be offered in the second round of our investment garnering exercise,” UP additional chief secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi told