The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nicholas Clegg, at Bengaluru on Wednesday and invited him to Global Investors' Summit being held at Indore in first week of October 2014. Industries Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia and Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa were also present during the meeting.
Chouhan informed Nicholas Clegg that business delegates and reputed companies from across the world have consented to be attending the Global Investors' Summit. He said that about 3000 representatives of industries from 20 countries are expected to be participating in the GIS.Referring to India-British historical ties, Chouhan said that there are immense trade opportunities and a strong business delegation is expected from the United Kingdom. Clegg appreciated the initiative and assured enthusiastic representation of United Kingdom.
Apprising the Deputy Prime Minister of strides of Madhya Pradesh in key sectors of economy, Chouhan said that intensive efforts are being to make Madhya Pradesh a Global Investment Hub.Chouhan informed that focus of the Global Investors' Summit is on agribusiness, food processing pharmaceuticals, health care, urban development, and infrastructure development, IT and ITEs, technical education, skill development, renewable energy, textile and handloom, tourism and hospitality and automobile and engineering sectors.