Jio to invest Rs 10,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday committed to invest Rs. 10,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh (UP) over the next three years.nn”I have come to Lucknow to assure the Respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that Jio?s Digital Revolution is here to make the maximum contribution to UP?s development revolution,” he said.nn”Today I am happy to inform this audience that Jio is one of the largest investors in Uttar Pradesh with investments of over Rs. 20,000 crore. Jio is providing the highest quality data at the lowest price in the world to over 2 crore citizens of Uttar Pradesh,” he added.nn?Jio has invested Rs. 20,000 crore already in the state, and plans to invest another Rs. 10,000 crore over the next three years. We aim to bring Jio to every village in the state by the end of this year,? he said at the Uttar Pradesh Investors? Summit here.nn”Therefore, I am happy to announce that Jio will make available over two crore JioPhones in UP within the next two months on a priority basis,” he said.nn”Moreover, Jio will also assist the administration from rajdhani Lucknow to the smallest gram panchayat. We are doing this because Jio is not merely another business for Reliance,” Ambani added.nn?If UP gets up and running, nobody can stop India from being a global superpower. It is a key investment area for us, and hence, we would like to support development at every level,? he said.nn”We are inspired by the Prime Minister?s unique concept of ensuring the Ease of Living for every Indian citizen. To make life happy and better for every Indian. When our Prime Minister introduced this idea of the ?Ease of Living? at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, he received a standing ovation,” he said.nn”The kind of ovation reserved only for the tallest World Statesman,” said Ambani.nn”Jio has already created over 40,000 direct and indirect jobs in UP. Along with other businesses of Reliance such as Retail, Polyester and Petroleum, Jio will create over one lakh sustainable livelihood opportunities in the State in the coming years,” he said.nnJio will establish a Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution within the campus of a reputed university in Uttar Pradesh.nnAmbani also extended his commitment to developing the Centre?s Namami Gange project to clean River Ganga.