The department was established to create an enabling environment for industrial growth in Uttar Pradesh.

The Department serves as a facilitator of Infrastructure development in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The department and its attached organisations develop buildings, expressways and other infrastructure to attract investors to the state of Uttar Pradesh.

[2] Udyog Bandhu is a registered society set-up by the Uttar Pradesh government to help entrepreneurs who want to invest in the state.

[3] But the daily affairs of the organisation are handled by its chairperson and its executive director, both of whom are IAS officer.