When the Government machinery is running from pillar to post to invite investors to the State through different roadshows and outings, the Industry Department also gears up to prepare necessary ground back home.
The Department has received the go-ahead to set up two more mega food parks in the State besides the one already in operation at Gaitalsud on Ranchi outskirts.
The decision was taken in this regard during a review meeting of the Industry Department chaired by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday, just before leaving for Kolkata to hold a roadshow there to lure the investors.
“The Chief Minister has directed us to open two more mega food parks in the State that would handle vegetables and fruits grown in abundance across Jharkhand. We are gearing up to open the mega food parks first at Sahibgunj and second at Bokaro to cater the needs of farmers as well as the industry. Besides, the Chief Minister also reviewed the progress made in opening the plastic park sanctioned at Deoghar,” said Industry Director K Ravi Kumar.
The Chief Minister, during the review, also took stock of the investments made since the new dispensation came into power, responses received following the road shows conducted thus far in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and New Delhi in the run up to the ‘Momentum Jharkhand global investors summit’ proposed next year in Ranchi and the desired action taken place on ground on the part of the Department.
furnished some latest figures to him related to industry, especially food processing sector since the food processing summit held last year. As many as 49 units of the food processing industry have been set up in the State and nine more are under construction. Seven such units are coming up at the Mega Food Park of Gaitalsud,” added Kumar.
During the meeting, the CM was keen to note the progress made so far which would be crucial during his venture in West Bengal on Friday and also ahead of the proposed trips to the US and eastern regions like Singapore later this year.
The Department is working in a direction to come up with more specialised zones in the form of dedicated parks. Proposals to develop a textile park somewhere in the Santhal Pargana region and a pharmaceutical park at Ranchi are also about to be finalised at the top level.
“We have a dedicated policy in place now for industries which is investor- friendly. But that should also be backed with some required infrastructure at the ground level. lots of proposals are underway to develop parks in the State and we are going to showcase at different investors’ meets in the days to come,” said the official.