**Executive Summary:**
This document outlines the framework for the implementation and monitoring of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed during the Global Investors Summit in Uttar Pradesh. It details the roles and responsibilities of various departments, industrial development authorities, and committees at the district, departmental, and state levels. The document also includes mechanisms for resolving investor issues and facilitating land allocation, with specified timeframes for action. The effective date of this communication is March 27, 2023.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **MoU Implementation Structure:**
* The overall responsibility for implementing and monitoring MoUs lies with the Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary of the respective administrative department under whose recommendation the MoU was signed.
* For MoUs related to industrial development authorities, the Chief Executive Officer of the concerned authority is responsible.
* Departments and authorities must contact investors and compulsorily enter information on the "Project Facilitation Form" in the Nivesh Sarathi portal within 30 days, regularly updating it.
* Departments/authorities will tag projects as 'Ground-breaking Ready' in the same form.
* Departments/authorities must nominate an official for handholding of top 10 investors/MoU signatories, serving as a single point of contact.
* Invest UP will assign a single point of contact to each investor under the Mukhyamantri Udyami Mitra Yojana.
* **Three-Tier Institutional Framework for Monitoring MoUs:**
* **District-Level MoU Implementation Unit (District MIU):**
* Chaired by the District Magistrate, with the District Industries Centre acting as its secretariat.
* Includes the Chief Development Officer, Superintendent of Police, representatives from various departments (UPSIDA, Pollution Control Board, Stamps and Registration, Fire Service), and Additional District Magistrate (F/C).
* The Deputy Commissioner of the District Industries Centre will manage the Nivesh Sarathi portal login.
* The District MIU is fully responsible for follow-up actions on all MoUs mapped for the district in the Nivesh Sarathi portal, updating progress every 15 days.
* Responsible for providing land options and ensuring timely clearances/NOCs to investors.
* Review of district MIU should be done at the Mandalayukta level.
* **Department-Level MoU Implementation Unit (Departmental MIU):**
* Each department that signed MoUs through the Nivesh Sarathi portal must establish a Departmental MIU.
* Headed by the Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary of the department.
* The nodal officer designated by the department for approving MoUs will be the Member Secretary, managing the login and operations.
* Fully responsible for follow-up actions on mapped MoUs in the Nivesh Sarathi portal, updating progress every 15 days.
* Must contact investors within 30 days of the order to record their requirements (land, electricity, water, etc.) in the "Project Facilitation Form."
* Will assist in land allocation, NOC acquisition, and resolving investor issues.
* **MoU Monitoring Unit (MMU):**
* Headed by the Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh.
* Responsible for reviewing the implementation progress of MoUs by all departments and industrial development authorities and resolving investor issues.
* **Composition of MMU:**
* Includes various Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries/Secretaries from different departments, Chief Executive Officers of Noida, Greater Noida, Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority, UP State Industrial Development Authority, Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority, Member Secretary of the UP Pollution Control Board, Director General of Fire Service, Director of Electrical Safety, Chief Executive Officer of Invest UP, and Additional Chief Executive Officer of Invest UP as Member Secretary, with Nodal Officers of Departmental MIUs as Special Invitees.
* **Support Unit at Invest UP Level:**
* Invest UP will establish 8 support units, each covering specific departments, to assist Departmental and District MIUs in follow-up actions.
* **Investor Grievance Redressal Mechanism:**
* An online system will be developed on the Nivesh Sarathi portal to address investor grievances, which will be resolved in a time-bound manner by Departmental and District MIUs with Invest UP's support units.
* **Land Allocation Facilitation:**
* An online system will be developed on the Nivesh Sarathi portal to facilitate land allocation/acquisition for MoU signatories.
* The Departmental MIU will assist in filling the online form for investors.
* The District MIU must be completed in a timeline.
* **MoU Cancellation:**
* If an investor applies for MoU cancellation, or if the department deems implementation impossible, the Departmental MIU will present the case with reasons to the Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner, whose decision will be final.
**Impact Analysis:**
**Stakeholder: Uttar Pradesh Government (Various Departments and Authorities)**
**Impact:** Required to establish implementation units, monitor MoU progress, facilitate investors, and adhere to timelines.
**Action Required:** Form District and Departmental MIUs, Nominate Nodal Officers, regularly update the Nivesh Sarathi portal, resolve investor issues, and facilitate land allocation.
**Stakeholder: Investors (Domestic and International)**
**Impact:** Will receive facilitated support for MoU implementation, land allocation, and issue resolution.
**Action Required:** Contact the Invest UP officers with MoUs signed online, use the Nivesh Sarathi portal to report issues and requirements, and cooperate with the government departments.
**Stakeholder: Invest UP**
**Impact:** Central role in coordinating and supporting MoU implementation across the state.
**Action Required:** Establish support units, assign single points of contact, maintain the Nivesh Sarathi portal, and resolve investor issues.
Key Entities Referenced
Uttar Pradesh: The Indian state to which the policy applies.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU): The core agreement type at the center of the policy, aiming at industrial investment and job creation.
Nivesh Sarathi: Online portal used for signing MoUs.
Invest UP: Agency to promote investments in Uttar Pradesh.
Industrial Development Authorities: Key implementing agencies in Uttar Pradesh like Noida, Greater Noida etc.