Kolkata Nov 26 PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath Friday lauded the achievements of his government in the fields of industrialisation and financial growth and claimed that improvement in law and order and reforms have helped the state scale up to the number two position in the country in the last five years Uttar Pradesh is now one of the most investor friendly states in the country where an investor has no longer to worry either about his personal safety and security or that of his investments he said at a prgramme here The change that took place in Uttar Pradesh in the last five years is clearly visible on the ground Factors such as improvement in law and order situation better reforms and ease of doing business have helped the state attain a leading position as an investor friendly destination and to drive the countrys economy he said addressing the annual session of the Indian Chamber of Commerce virtually During 2015-16 Uttar Pradesh was in the sixth position in the country in terms of the financial system parameters It has jumped to the second or third positions in the last five years he said Adityanath had assumed office in March 2017 and election to the most populous state of the country is due next year In terms of implementation of central schemes Uttar Pradesh was earlier either in the 25th or 30th position Now in respect of at least 44 central schemes it is in the number one position Earlier we had only two expressways but now we have five new ones Uttar Pradesh will soon be the only state in the country with five international airports he said The chief minister also claimed that the state had set a new export record in the MSME sectorUttar Pradesh had recorded exports in MSME sector worth 131 lakh crore In terms of logistics we are now in sixth place in the country he added PTI PNT KK KK KK

New Delhi Nov 25 PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday asked industries to invest in the Northeast and said the Narendra Modi government has created a conducive environment for the industrial growth of the regionAddressing the annual session of the Indian Chamber of Commerce virtually Shah said peace has been restored in the Northeast in the last seven years militancy has come to an end and there is political stability in all the eight states in the regionHe said massive development work has been going on in the Northeast infrastructure has been improved a lot road rail and air connectivity has also been improvedBy 2024 the Modi government will connect capitals of all the eight states by air seven of the eight state capitals will be connected through rail and a network of roads is operationalTime has come to invest in the Northeast empower the Northeast give a boost to the Northeast and bring the Northeast into the nations development trajectory Shah saidThe home minister said he understood that making investment is a big issue for any businessman but the Modi government has created an environment for investment in the Northeast with proper infrastructureHe assured the industries that all the state governments will cooperate if they come to invest in the regionShah said there are opportunities in sectors like tourism Information Technology agriculture and organic food which the industries can explore in the NortheastHe said the prime ministers vision of making India a USD 5 trillion economy and global power house by 2024-25 will be successful only when the entire eastern region is developed at par with the rest of the country PTI ACB KJ

Kolkata [India] November 24, (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday highlighted that the Indian economy has returned to the high growth path and India's GDP grew by over 20% in the first quarter of 2021-22.

Kolkata Oct 23 PTI With a focus on experience-based education and hands-on training the West Bengal government has adopted a three-tier model of skilling with vocational training centres at panchayats ITI institutes at blocks and a polytechnic college at every sub-division of the state a minister said on Saturday Technical Education and Skill Development Minister Humayun Kabir said his department is in the process of setting up at least one polytechnic institute in every sub-division of the state The government has identified 495 vocational training centres for upgrading and trying to converge technical education with the labour department to identify district-wise skill gap he said Realising the importance of an experience-based education and hands-on training our department has adopted a three-tier model of skilling with vocational training centres at the panchayat level an ITI at a block level and a polytechnic institute at the sub-divisional level the minister said Addressing the 4th Globalised Education Forum organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce he said the government has earmarked Rs 1285 crore for technical education and training in the current financial year Under the Utkarsh Bangla scheme 185 polytechnic colleges and 283 ITIs have already been operationalised We have identified 495 vocational training centres for upgrading trying to converge our department with the labour one for developing career counselling centres and district skill development plans to identify skill gap and introduce demand-oriented courses in every district of West Bengal Kabir said At present there are 628 vocational training centres in the state which are actively engaged in encouraging students to innovate and present their ideas which could be a step towards future industry-academia partnerships the minister said The state government also wanted to set up centres of excellence in collaboration with industry associations in segments that have high employment potential he said Notably the annual target of imparting skill in the state is around 6 lakh under the institutional and non-institutional mode he said PTI SUS BDC BDC