Uttar Pradesh is shifting its investment policy towards high-value manufacturing, technology and clean-energy sectors, while putting greater emphasis on project execution, industrial land, logistics and power availability, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told Saurav Anand in an exclusive interview. The state has more than 36 sector-specific policies covering semiconductors, electronics, data centres, global capability centres (GCCs), defence and green energy. Since the Global Investors Summit in February 2023, investment proposals worth more than Rs 33.5 lakh crore have been received, of which projects worth Rs 10.24 lakh crore have been grounded and more than 4,000 are in commercial production, the chief minister said. Edited excerpts: