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FDI inflows into UP increase as electronics projects gain ground
Mint Mumbai
|January 16, 2026
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Uttar Pradesh (UP) rose to ₹5,963 crore ($660 million) during the April-September period of FY26 as India's third-largest state economy aspires to become a $1 trillion economy with key policy incentives for high-growth sectors, a top official said.
UP is focusing on attracting investments in sectors such as electronics.
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"Uttar Pradesh has moved decisively from being a marginal recipient of foreign investment to a more serious and organized FDI destination," UP’s additional chief secretary and infrastructure & industrial development commissioner Deepak Kumar said in an interview to Mint. “The sharp rise in FDI in just the first half of FY26 shows growing confidence in our policy framework, land aggregation and single-window systems.”
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