New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the groundbreaking ceremony of the third UP Investors Summit and laid the foundation stone of 1,406 projects worth over Rs 80,000 crore in Lucknow.

The projects were in diverse fields, including agriculture, IT and Electronics, MSME, manufacturing, renewable energy, pharma, tourism, defence and aerospace, handloom and textile.

Gautam Adani, Kumar Mangalam Birla and other leading industrialists are attending the mega summit organised by the Uttar Pradesh government.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are among those attending the event.

The first UP Investors Summit was held on July 29, 2018, and the second one took place on July 28 the next year.

During the first summit, the foundation stone of 81 projects worth over Rs 61,500 crore was laid. During the second one, the foundation stone of 290 projects with investments of over Rs 67,000 crore was laid.

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