Singapore, February 23 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held meetings with Singaporean government entities focused on investment on Monday and discussed opportunities for sovereign investment participation in his state.
He arrived in the city-state on Monday.
The CM discussed opportunities for sovereign investment participation in Uttar Pradesh across data centres, logistics hubs, renewable energy, and industrial infrastructure.
He highlighted the state's policy framework and fast-track clearances for global investors on X.
"I had a productive meeting with Lim Chow Kiat, CEO of GIC, along with his delegation, in Singapore today," he said in a second post on X, after meeting with the Government Investment Corp (GIC).
"We explored avenues for long-term institutional investments in Uttar Pradesh, particularly in infrastructure, logistics, industrial parks, and sustainable urban development projects.
We appreciated GIC's existing partnerships in Uttar Pradesh, including its association with IRB in the Ganga Expressway project and collaboration with Greenko in the state," he said.
The chief minister, who is visiting Singapore from February 23-24, also had a productive meeting with Tan Su Shan, CEO of DBS Group, along with his senior leadership team.
"We discussed strengthening financial cooperation, facilitating project financing, and supporting investment flows into infrastructure and growth sectors in Uttar Pradesh," he wrote on X.
DBS has a wholly-owned subsidiary in India and is among the top Singaporean business groups working in one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
The CM said on Sunday that his visit is aligned with the India-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) Roadmap, which identifies priority pillars including economic cooperation, digitalisation, skills development, sustainability, connectivity, and advanced manufacturing.
During the visit, the Chief Minister will hold high-level meetings with Singapore's political leadership, including Prime Minister Lawrence Wong; Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan; Tan See Leng, Minister for Manpower and Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science and Technology Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore.
The programme also includes engagements with leading sovereign and institutional investors, including Temasek and GIC, as well as business leaders across data infrastructure, logistics, aviation services, financial services, and advanced manufacturing.
On Monday evening, the chief minister will be meeting with the Indian diaspora at the One World International School, where a cultural programme is expected to welcome him, followed by dialogues with people of Indian origin and a large community of Singaporeans whose ancestors hailed from Uttar Pradesh.
