• Invest UP Fast-Tracks Industrial Land Allotment to Boost Investments
• State Directs IDAs to Fast-Track Land Allotment for Mega Investments

GrNoida/Lucknow, September 5, 2025: In a decisive step towards realising the Hon’ble Chief Minister’s vision of making Uttar Pradesh a one trillion-dollar economy, a high-level agenda-setting meeting-cum-workshop was held today at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Greater Noida. The session, chaired by Shri Alok Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Infrastructure & Industrial Development, brought together the CEOs of all major Industrial Development Authorities (IDAs) to formulate a unified, time-bound strategy for industrial growth.

The discussions focused on fast-tracking industrial land allotment, addressing acquisition challenges, and strengthening investor facilitation. Senior representatives from UPSIDA, NOIDA, GNIDA, YEIDA, UPEIDA, GIDA, BIDA (Jhansi), and SIDA (Jaunpur) actively participated in the workshop. The dialogue aimed to resolve long-pending land-related issues and unlock large-scale industrial investments, with a special emphasis on plug-and-play infrastructure, time-bound plot allotment, and cancellation of non-functional units.

The session reviewed plans to fast-track over 132 major investment leads (above ₹100 crore), worth more than ₹1.68 lakh crore, by resolving land-related issues across various IDAs. These high-value proposals span key sectors such as electronics, solar manufacturing, logistics, food processing, warehousing, cement, and data centers. Furthermore, it was proposed that the vast land bank—spanning over 25,000 acres—be updated on a monthly basis. Discussions also covered standardizing regulations across IDAs and introducing Unified Building Bye-Laws to enhance transparency and uniformity.
Presentations from Invest UP and IDAs revealed that over 33,000 industrial plots have been surveyed across IDAs, with nearly 25% lying vacant. The workshop stressed the need to swiftly operationalize units in line with the state’s Industrial Investment and Employment Promotion Policy. Authorities were directed to prepare sector-specific land banks for emerging industries such as solar manufacturing, data centres, logistics, IT/ITeS, and food processing.

The key takeaways –

• Large, Ready-to-Move Land Bank: Extensive availability and mapping of ready-to-move and greenfield land parcels across major industrial authorities (NOIDA, GNIDA, YEIDA, UPSIDA, UPEIDA, etc.).
• Active Mega Investment Pipeline: Over 132 investment leads above ₹100 crore distributed across IDAs, including sectors like electronics, solar, logistics, food processing, warehousing, cement, and data centers.
• Land Facilitation SOP: Standard operating procedure set for land identification, facilitation, visit, and allocation with clear timelines and review mechanism.
• Nivesh Mitra 3.0 Reforms: Major simplification with standardized forms and document checklists, 70% reduction in services, digital workflows, approved beyond-SLA performance review, and deep integration with NSWS.
• Unified Land Policy (2025) & By-Laws: Circulated draft for unified land allotment regulations and rationalized building bye-laws ensuring standard FAR, ground coverage, setbacks, and operationalization timelines across all IDAs.
• Plug-and-Play Parks Incentive: Government allocates ₹2,500 crore for plug-and-play parks, offering first-come-first-serve capital subsidies, PPP and VGF models, and push for core trunk infrastructure development.
• Industrial Park & PPP Model: Proactive invitation for private players to set up industrial parks and plug-and-play parks with streamlined approvals, financial support, and sector-focused strategies.
• Labour & Regulatory EoDB Overhaul: Self-certification, threshold increases, validity expansion, and decriminalization drive to ease factory registration, compliance, and operations for investors.

Addressing the gathering, Shri Alok Kumar emphasized, “Unlocking land for investors and building world-class infrastructure is at the core of Uttar Pradesh’s industrial strategy. This workshop is about creating a seamless, responsive system where investors find ready solutions, not hurdles.” By streamlining allotment and infrastructure delivery, the state is building an investor-friendly ecosystem that drives the Hon’ble Chief Minister’s vision of a $1 trillion economy forward.

Notably, in August, three High-Level Committees were constituted under the guidance of the Chief Secretary to ensure coordinated action on land availability and infrastructure support.

The deliberations concluded with a call for all IDAs to expedite land facilitation for investment leads above ₹100 crore within 15 days and to regularly update their land banks. Through collaborative efforts, Uttar Pradesh aims to transform industrial growth into a catalyst for job creation, economic expansion, and global investor confidence.