After hosting maiden ‘Happening Haryana Global Investors’ Summit’ earlier this year to attract investment in the State, the Manohar lal Khattar Government in Haryana is now gearing up to hold a series of events including industrial fair, business meets, facilitation meet, IT show next year aimed at showcasing the State as an ideal investment destination.
Following the success of investors’ summit meet held in Gurugram in February, Haryana Government has decided to hold a ‘facilitation meet’ in February next year for all the investors who have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) during the summit.
“The ‘facilitation meet’ will be held to take stock of the progress made in these MoUs so far. Besides, the State Government also aimed at attracting more investors to the state,” said a senior official of the Haryana Government while talking to The Pioneer.
The State Government has so far signed 558 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs)) with investment proposals of over Rs 6.41 lakh crore after the ‘Investors’ Summit’. The MoUs is expected to provide employment opportunities to 7.83 lakh people in the State.
The official said that Haryana Government has also planned to organise industrial trade fair aimed at showcasing the industrial progress in the State and providing an opportunity to national and international business entities to access state’s business potential.
A series of ‘sector special trade fairs’ encompassing events on various clusters namely engineering, automobiles, electronics & electricals, chemicals, textiles, handicrafts, jewellery, consumer goods, FMCGs & OTC products etc. are also proposed to be organized throughout the next year.
“These events will provide an opportunity to entrepreneurs, particularly the MSME segment to showcase their products & services on B2B (Business-to-business) as well as B2C (Business to consumer) platforms. During the period of the fairs, several ‘business meets’ will be held for B2B interactions between the participants and buyers, both from government and corporate that will benefit the participants,” he said.
Giving details of the IT show, the official said that ‘Haryana IT show’ will be organised in May 2017 and will be a platform to learn and explore the latest IT innovations, products, services and solutions.
The mega event is proposed to provide exposure to a world of innovations and an opportunity to explore avenues of sourcing the best IT products, services and solutions for the growth of an enterprise including mobile application services, cloud computing and much more under one roof.
This exclusive forum will have more than 200 IT companies based in Haryana providing solutions, value addition and three dimensional growth in skills, technology and expertise.
The official added IT sector continues to play a key role in new knowledge based socio-economic revolution that is sweeping world today. Gurugram has emerged as a major IT destination offering all kinds of IT services.
‘Haryana Pravasi Divas’ is also proposed to be organized in January next year at Gurugram to attract investments from entrepreneurs from Haryana who have set up business ventures abroad and in other parts of the country.