Wednesday, 08 November 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Uttarakhand government appears right on track to achieve the target it has set for the Global Investors Summit slated in the month of December. The government has so far succeeded in signing Memorandum of Understanding worth Rs 1,25,000 crore with the representatives of industry in the roadshows held in different destinations. Incidentally the MoUs signed for the much awaited event in December are equal in the value to the total MoUs inked in the investors summit held in the year 2018 during the tenure of the then chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. For the Global Investors Summit, the Pushkar Singh Dhami government has set a target to attract investment worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore.
In the roadshow held in the financial capital of the country Mumbai on Monday the officials of Uttarakhand inked MoUs worth a whopping Rs 30,200 crore. The State government headed by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held four roadshows in the international destinations of London, Birmingham, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Apart from these, roadshows have so far been held at Delhi, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Mumbai in the country.
The delegation of Uttarakhand signed MoUs with Imagica (theme park), Atmanantan (resort), ACME (solar cell manufacturing), CTRLs (data centre), Perfetti (renewable energy), Croma Ator, Clean Max Environo (renewable energy) and Sinus (health care).
In the roadshows held in Delhi on December 26 and 27 MoUs of Rs 26,575 crore were signed. Similarly MoUs worth Rs 12,500 crore were signed during the roadshows held in Britain, Rs 15,475 crore in roadshows held in UAE on October 17 and 18, Rs 10,150 crore in Chennai on October 26, Rs 4,600 crore in Bengaluru on October 26 and Rs 24,000 crore in Ahmedabad on November 1.
The business agreements have been signed mainly in the tourism and hospitality sector, Ayush and wellness, manufacturing sector, pharmaceuticals, food processing, real estate, green and renewable energy and automobile sectors.
