lucknow in the morning us india business council president ron somers said that americans were coming to up by evening he had also extracted a promise from the upwallahs to visit america following the daylong discussions over investment possibilities in up chief minister akhileshyadav agreed to address the 38th annual general meeting of the usibc in washington dc on june 27 this year the up cm will also be requested somers said to lead a crosscountry road show in usa to promote up as a premier investment destination addressing a joint press conference with the usibc delegation akhilesh said usibcs visit to lucknow has strengthened our effort to bring in investment we are creating an enabling environment for up to grow we have created policies that will propel growth regardless of the government in charge calling it a historic day for the up as well as american businesses usibc chairman ajay banga said this was the first time a delegation of 39 premier companies in the us has participated in the chairmans mission to india so far we have touched the 100 billion investment marker in india we target to increase this to the 500 billion mark in the next seven years by investing in up we want to create a winwin situation for both parties banga said with up needing to create nearly 2 million jobs american companies banga said could create employment avenues in the energy port health food processing and solar energy sectors among others banga also said the usibc has raised a demand for the up government to appoint one point person who the usibc can approach to get things done should the pace of progress slacken on either side somers said the american delegation saw up as offering vast business opportunities with 60 of the states population under 25 and hr talent equal to none other the sky is the limit for up he said somers also said 350 american companies were looking forward to host akhilesh when he visited washington in june the american delegation however skirted the contention issue of fdi in retail banga who said the delegations emphasis was on finding a predictable and consistent climate for investment which he said up offers said disagreements in business like in politics were possible we are looking at the bigger picture some locallevel disagreements can happen this though will not deter us from investing big money in an area where we see the possibility of mutual profit banga added earlier in a daylong session jointly organised by usibc and cii somers said our delegation has shown interest in sectors like foodprocessing energy hitech manufacturing textiles it infrastructure and healthcare up can soon see some significant investments flowing from us companies in all these sectors in solar power companies like customized energy solutions and azure power showed interest in investing soon azure ceo inderpreet wadhwa said we plan to invest around us 100 million in producing solar power in cities of up