Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday invited IT and electronic companies to do capital investment and set up industries in Naya Raipur. Addressing the daylong meeting of MAIT’s Governing Council, Singh said that companies would get better facilities and infrastructure to start industries under IT and electronics policy of Chhattisgarh Government.
On the occasion, State Government’s Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) and Manufacturing Association for Information Technology (MAIT) signed an MoU for cooperation in Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM). State Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand and Principal Secretary of Information Technology and Electronics Department Aman Kumar Singh were also present.
CHiPS CEO Saurabh Kumar and Executive Director of MAIT Anwar Sirpurwala signed the MoU. In his address during the programme, Chief Minister said this MoU would play an important role in realising the ‘Make in India’ vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said his Government was making every possible effort to develop Naya Raipur as a smart city and capital of innovation in the field of ESDM. Naya Raipur would be emerging as model city for the country.
Managing Director of Intel Company Devjani Ghosh, Deputy chairman of Smartlink Network System Nitin Kunkolinekar were also present on the occasion. Inviting electronics companies to Naya Raipur, Chief Minister said that electronic manufacturing cluster is being developed on 70 acres of area in Naya Raipur. Out of which, mobile devices, solar panel, IT System, hardware and consumer electronics goods will be manufactured on 28 acres of area.
Chief Minister further said that Naya Raipur has been certified as National Manufacturing Investment Zone. Chief Minister said that this day will prove to be a milestone in the path of promoting IT industries in Chhattisgarh. He added that in last six months, IT companies of Mumbai and Bangalore had been invited to Naya Raipur, in NASSCOM Executive Council and IESA Vision Summit. In the NASSCOM organised on April 24, more than 50 major IT companies of the country and 25 IT companies of the state participated.
Chief Minister said that State government intends to attract new industries and thereby expedite development of state. Single Window System has been adopted for establishing new industries. Chief Secretary Dhand said as per a survey report of Planning Commission, Chhattisgarh held the second position in the country, after Andhra Pradesh, on the basis of 92 parameters of ‘Ease of Doing Business. Chhattisgarh has favourable industrial environment.
Principal Secretary Aman Kumar Singh said that in days to come, Chhattisgarh will be among the top three destinations in country, in the field of Electronic System Design and Manufacturing. He gave detailed description of State’s Information Technology Policy. Managing Director of Intel Company Devjani Ghosh, Deputy Chairman of Smartlink Network System Nitin Kunkolinekar also expressed their views, on the occasion. Meanwhile, NRDA CEO Rajat Kumar, Director Industry Department Kartikey Goyal, along with representatives of reputed companies like Dell, HP, IBM, lenovo India, Samsung India, TVS, Electronics and Essar India etc.