Former Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria will be a chief nodal officer of UPDIC

Lucknow, Oct 01: Former Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria has been appointed as chief nodal officer of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC).

 

  

 

Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria’s appointment will be a catalyst for the development of the UP Defence Industrial Corridor, the state government said in a statement issued on Thursday.

 

 

 

The Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is the nodal agency to execute the project. The corridor has six nodes- Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Kanpur, and Lucknow. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 21, 2018, announced the ₹20,000 crore Defence Industrial Corridor project in the Bundelkhand region, considered among the most backward regions in the state. A state government official said the state government has offered financial benefits for such units willing to give year-long skill development training along with jobs to youths. “The government will pay ₹10,000 per month per youth to such industrial units that are willing to offer year-long skill development training along with jobs to youth. Each unit will be entitled to train 50 such youths,” the official said.

 

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The Defence Corridor project is aimed at generating more jobs for the drought-hit Bundelkhand region and the state government has offered a capital subsidy for industrialists willing to invest up to ₹10 crores there.