Managing Director of Tata Chemicals ltd R Mukundan, who has recently taken over as Chairman of CII’s Western Region Council, visited Indore on Friday and talked to local businessmen.
The objective of his visit was to interact with the members and give a brief on the various services available through this apex Industry Association and also to deliberate the key agenda for year 2013-14.
He shared with members that this year CII at Madhya Pradesh under the chairmanship of Ranjan Mimani will focus on the following key policy advocacy issues eg regional passport office at Indore, rationalisation of electricity tariff, operationalising Indore-man-made railway line, ESIC Hospitals at Pithampur and Mandideep, rationalisation of excess construction regularisation fee and Waiving off luxury tax on industrial canteen services.
Ranjan Mimani further told media that CII will also work on research papers like State Economy Report of Madhya Pradesh, Comparative study of logistics and Warehousing Policies in Western Region States: Perspective for Madhya Pradesh, White Paper on Industrial Relation Condition in Madhya Pradesh, Avenues of value addition for identified agro products in Madhya Pradesh etc.
He felt that Agriculture, agri processing and engineering are the key sector where we need to focus to take our state ahead.
Mukundan saw Madhya Pradesh as emerging state with full of unexplored opportunities and capacity to become pioneer state of India.
He felt that the state has potential but it need to be voiced loudly before others so that it gets noticed.