About UP Defence Industrial Production Corridor

The UP Defence Industrial Corridor is announced in the arid zone of Bundelkhand, would span several districts for backward linkage viz.Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, and Chitrakoot. An investment of Rs. 20,000 Crores is likely to flow to the Corridor. Low cost of land and low wage rate with adequate supply of manpower will be an attraction of the UP Defence Industrial Corridor & it will serve as an engine for economic development and growth of regions of UP, especially Bundelkhand region. Bundelkhand will benefit from the six-lane highway which the Uttar Pradesh Government has proposed to build up from Chitrakoot to Jhansi and will provide necessary infrastructural support for the Defence Production Units. Traditionally, UP has possessed skilled workmanship in metals, besides having a vast defence manufacturing base in Kanpur with almost 6 public sector undertakings manufacturing arms and defence related wares. However, these were never leveraged on big scale by successive governments, but this Defence Corridor will definitely provide the needed impetus to the Defence Manufacturing in Uttar Pradesh & will play a significant role in industrial development of Uttar Pradesh simultaneously providing job opportunities to the potential unemployed youth workforce. The Center had already announced to set up common facility centers in the corridor to incentivise private companies set up shop and cut their production cost.