Overview
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chaired a high-level review that covered the Uttar Pradesh Data Centre Cluster, Project Ganga and wheat‑processing policy in a meeting held on Wednesday.
- The UP Data Centre Cluster was presented as a long-range plan to build a 5‑gigawatt AI compute corridor and generate about 1.5 lakh direct jobs by 2040, with Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority land proposed as a launch site and talks with major tech firms requested.
- Project Ganga will run as a 21‑district proof of concept to bring fibre broadband to rural areas, train over 10,000 Digital Service Providers and offer each DSP interest‑free loans up to Rs 5 lakh to connect roughly 200–300 homes.
- A committee recommended exempting registered in‑state wheat mills from mandi fee and development cess when they buy and process wheat inside Uttar Pradesh, while excluding pure trading activity; the proposal is under government consideration.
- Invest UP presented an implementation pipeline it values at more than Rs 7 lakh crore and the government has ordered near‑term steps such as investor allotment letters, business missions and a Defence and FDI conclave to turn commitments into on‑ground projects.