In February 2023, Lucknow hosted the Global Investors Summit — Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s marquee pitch to investors. By the time it concluded, 19,250 MoUs had been signed, with proposed investments worth Rs 33.52 lakh crore. One of those signatures belonged to Obdu Digital Health Care Private Limited.
Obdu had committed to a Rs 3,350-crore project: a network of “Digital Doctors Clinics” in rural Uttar Pradesh, promising AI-enabled consultations, low-cost medicines, and round-the-clock doctor access in the state’s most underserved villages. By February 2024, the Yogi government was listing Obdu among 14,701 industrial units at its fourth Ground Breaking Ceremony, with the project officially in its “grounding,” or implementation, stage – one of many cited in a government narrative about 15.53 lakh new jobs. The deal with Obdu alone was expected to generate around 70,000 jobs.
