Uttar Pradesh to be centre of auto production, to export Electric Vehicles abroad: CM Yogi Adityanath

The government of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has pledged to turn western and central Uttar Pradesh into a hub for the auto and electric vehicle sectors as well as their supporting components in order to increase the state's economy to USD 1 trillion. The demand for electric vehicles in the auto business is rising swiftly, thus, CM Yogi told the officials at a high-level meeting that the auto and electric vehicle industries in western and central UP already have enough of resources and just need to be encouraged to grow. As a result, this industry will also have a lot of work opportunities. 

In the auto industry, the Growth State Value Addition (GSVA) of UP was 1.5 billion dollars in 2019, which can be increased to five billion dollars in the next five years, according to a report.

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According to an official statement, in western and central UP, 9000-10,000 acres of land will be needed for the development of the industry; the Yogi government will spend 19-20 billion dollars on this. At the same time, auto parts with electric vehicles made here will be supplied to the UK, USA, Australia, and South Asia. There is actually a lot of demand for batteries for two and three-wheeler e-vehicles.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stated during the meeting that both large industries and MSMEs (Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) play a significant part in the auto industry and are already well-established in sufficient numbers in western and central UP. The expressway is also available for exporting equipment to these industries.  

At the same time, to promote exports, the Easton Dedicated Freight Corridor can be easily developed here and connected to the expressway. The Yogi government has chosen Agra, Shahjahanpur, Aligarh, Prayagraj, Saharanpur, and Etawah to boost the MSME sector, while Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Hapur, Kanpur Nagar, and Meerut have been chosen for the construction of big enterprises to encourage the auto industry, the statement said. 

To develop western UP as an original equipment manufacturing belt and create a trillion-dollar economy for the state, sufficient resources are already on hand. On the other hand, central Uttar Pradesh is very suitable for the most important metal industry for the auto industry as well as other industries related to it. 

For these industries, the MSME industry already exists; it just has to be given a bigger shape. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in the meeting that attention must be paid to ancillary and downstream sectors associated with the automotive sector in order to expand the auto zone and automotive industry in western UP. 

For this, green zones will need to be created for the rubber processing, plastic, metal, machinery, glass, and ancillary sectors of electric vehicle original equipment manufacturers. Additionally, the state`s EV charging network has to be expanded, said the CM. The electric vehicle industry concentrates on EV charging, research, and product design. Battery, battery chemical, cell manufacturing, fuel, and welding have an important role in this.

Casting, welding machine operators, electric car assembly technicians, as well as heat treatment technicians will be most required in such a case. Maximum employment will be available on these posts, the statement said. Regarding this, it has been said in the survey report that in the year 2017, 60,000 to 70,000 people got employment in this sector, but due to its expansion, 90,000 to 1.10 lakh employment opportunities will be available every year in the next five years.CM Yogi said that two and three-wheeler EV vehicles and EV parts made in Central and Western UP will be supplied to the UK, USA, Australia, and South Asia. These countries are most favourable for the supply of EVs and EV parts. 

(With inputs from ANI)