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Abstract Government policies in Uttar Pradesh play a vital role in employment generation in non-farm sector by providing a conducive environment for businesses, fostering innovation, and improving access to resources for entrepreneurs and workers. These policies can range from infrastructure development and tax incentives to skill development programs and financial assistance. Industries importance in economic development of India is very crucial. In the industries sector Micro, Small and medium enterprise (MSMEs) holds one of the most important places in the indian economy. Theses enterprise contributed significantly to the economy via generation of employment, national income foreign exchange, export and others. This sector accounts 40 percent of total exports. MSME contribute around 8 percentage of GDP. MSMEs are contributing in more in rural employment generation and economic development. These sectors are more labours intensive and an important tool for rural industries during last few years government India launch many productive and innovative programmer and policies for this micro, small and medium enterprise with liberal approaches. The secondary sector of India remains the engine of growth for India's economy and contributed 27 % to India's Gross Value Added at current prices in FY24 (as per advance estimates). There is a significant changes in sectoral contribution of each sector to India's GDP over a period of time. The aim of the paper is to analyze the secondary sector especially, non-farm sector growth and employment opportunities in Uttar Pradesh. The paper is based on secondary sources obtained from government reports and publications like economic survey Government of India, Budget Reports, NSSO, Central Statistical Office (CSO), five year plans and Economic Census, journals and magazines and websites.