Work in progress for import substitution, says Uttar Pradesh govt

The Uttar Pradesh government is working towards import substitution to bolster the domestic industrial landscape and create mass job opportunities, which the state says would help it become a billion-trillion economy.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had recently asked the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) department to identify top merchandise imports, which could be substituted with indigenous manufacturing and production in the state.

During the financial year 2021-22, the state clocked merchandise imports worth more than Rs 55,000 crore via dry ports (railway and road cargo terminals directly linked with domestic seaports).

The government has identified 95 items comprising the import basket. Of