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UP hires IIT, IIM grads to assist investors, bridge gap with departments
The professionals — to be referred as “Udyami Mitra” or friends of industrialists — will be posted in each district of the state as well as at the headquarters from next month, officials told The Indian Express.
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The government has completed the process of hiring 105 such professionals, the officials said, and Chief Minister Adityanath is likely to hand over the appointment letters to them on May 26. They would get a minimum salary of Rs 70,000, excluding perks.
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To ensure smooth entry for industrialists who want to invest in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has hired graduates from top institutes of the country and abroad, including IITs and IIMs, who would act as a link between the investors and different government departments for all their requirements.
The professionals — to be referred as “Udyami Mitra” or friends of industrialists — will be posted in each district of the state as well as at the headquarters from next month, officials told The Indian Express.
The government has completed the process of hiring 105 such professionals, the officials said, and Chief Minister Adityanath is likely to hand over the appointment letters to them on May 26. They would get a minimum salary of Rs 70,000, excluding perks.
The primary task of the Udyami Mitra will be to assist the industrialists in getting clearances, speeding up the process of setting up their unit and informing them about government incentives on offer.
Sources said separate Udyami Mitras are likely to be assigned for large projects, along with nodal officers, to speed up the clearances.
The move to hire these professionals is aimed at putting on fast track the implementation of Rs 35 lakh crore investment proposals received during the Global Investors Summit held earlier this year. They would become the face of Uttar Pradesh Investment initiatives at the district level, the officials said.
The criteria for applying for the job included an MBA degree with minimum 60 per cent marks along with fluency in both Hindi and English. The age limit was minimum 25 years and maximum 40 years.
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A senior official said they received about 1,387 applications for the 105 posts, out of which 709 candidates appeared for the computer ability test as they would be required to operate through online systems developed to monitor and implement pacts signed during the Global Investors Summit. After the test and the interviews, the final selection was made – 87 male candidates and 18 female candidates.
“These selected professionals are from IIM-Lucknow, IIM-Indore, IIIT-Allahabad, IIT-Gwalior, BHU, BIT Mesra, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, IMT-Nagpur and even MBAs from University of Wales in Cardiff, UK,” said the official.
“These selected candidates would be provided 14 days of training on different aspects such as revenue code, important provisions related to land and revenue, land banks and their rates, allotment procedures, clearances, recently revised policies, and procedures for different clearances at the district-level like fire, pollution, power and electrical safety,” he said.
Out of these 105 final candidates, 70 would be assigned at the district level, 25 at the state headquarters, while another 10 would be assigned at the Invest UP office to facilitate the industrialists at all levels.
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The hiring is for a year and if required their services will be extended.
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