Friday, 03 November 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that ahead of the Global Investors’ summit proposed in December, the State government has entered Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) worth Rs 94,000 crore with different industrial houses. Interacting with the media persons in New Delhi on Thursday after his successful tour of Gujarat, the CM said that meetings with different investor groups have been held so far in London, Birmingham, New Delhi, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Ahmedabad. In these meetings agreements with investors in the fields of tourism, health, education, pharmaceuticals, logistics, infrastructure and hospitality have been reached. He said that the investors have an attraction to invest in Uttarakhand. Dhami said that in Ahmedabad MoUs worth Rs 24,000 crore were inked with 50 industrial houses. He said that in the coming days, a road show will be held in Mumbai for the summit.
The CM said that the State government is trying to ground all the MoUs reached so far before the commencement of the summit in December, He said that the suggestions given by the representatives of the industry in the road shows will be implemented on ground. Dhami said that the motto of the investors’ summit is ‘peace to prosperity. He added that Uttarakhand is an investment friendly State with excellent human resource, better infrastructure facilities, peaceful environment and transparent policies.
The CM said that apart from tourism, wellness, Ayush, food processing, automobile and pharmacy the State has included alternate energy and IT sectors as focus sectors.
He said that the State has reformed more than 30 policies in the last few months to make the State investment friendly. The State is developing new and non conventional industry along with tourism, wellness and hospitality industry. He averred that Uttarakhand is also fast emerging as a Pharma hub in the country. He expressed confidence that increased investment will strengthen the economy of the State and will create employment opportunities. Dhami said that the government has set up a land bank of six thousand acres for the industry in the State. Special encouragement is being given to those investing in the mountainous districts of the State. The state government is moving forward while maintaining a balance with economy and ecology.
