Lucknow, Oct 6 (PTI) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said Uttar Pradesh is moving beyond assembling mobile phones to manufacturing microchips and building the foundations of a future digital economy, with investments in semiconductors, data centres and artificial intelligence.
In a post on X in Hindi, he said the state had undergone a major transformation since 2017, with the “double-engine government” translating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Make in India’, ‘Digital India’ and ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ into policy, investment and production.
“Today, Uttar Pradesh is becoming a producer of technology. From assembly to AI, this journey is not merely about technology, but also about employment, entrepreneurship and prosperity for our youth. UP is moving from assembling electronic products to manufacturing microchips and building the foundations of the future digital economy,” he said.
The chief minister said Uttar Pradesh now accounted for nearly 60 per cent of the country’s mobile phone production and 55 per cent of electronics component production within nine-and-a-half years.
He said a Rs 3,706-crore HCL-Foxconn semiconductor unit was coming up in Jewar, while proposals for 644 MW of data-centre capacity had been received.
The state also has more than 24,000 startups and eight unicorns, he said.
“Thus, the journey is moving from mobile to modules and from modules to microchips,” Adityanath said.
He credited the central government’s vision and policies for creating an ecosystem conducive to technology and investment in the state.
“PM Modi gave the vision of Make in India, Digital India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat, and the double-engine government has connected that vision with policy, investment and production in Uttar Pradesh and implemented it on the ground,” he said.
Taking a swipe at previous governments, Adityanath alleged that Uttar Pradesh’s “unlimited potential” had not been utilised and the state was kept in the category of “BIMARU” states.
“When the concern is more about the family than the state, and more about criminals than investors, how can an environment for the technology of the future be created?” he said.
The chief minister said that before 2017, “pariwarwad” was development, Saifai Mahotsav was cultural advancement and the mafia was the model of industrialisation.
He said his government had changed its priorities from family-centric development to the development of the state, protection of investors instead of mafias and technology over appeasement.
“With the growth of electronics came the need for data centres, and with the growth of data, Uttar Pradesh is today laying the foundation of the future digital economy, from data centres to an AI city,” he said.
Adityanath said the state had set a target of connecting 10 lakh youths with emerging technologies through its AI Pragya initiative.
He added that the expanding startup ecosystem was helping young people move beyond being job seekers and become job creators.
The chief minister said he would attend an event in Lucknow on Tuesday to mark 10 years of HCLTech’s establishment and participate in the launch of the HCL GUVI Emerging Tech Skilling Centre.
“With the resolve of a developed India and a developed Uttar Pradesh, this is the new flight of the ‘new Uttar Pradesh’,” he said. PTI ABN NB
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