Overwhelmed with the response to three-day Global Investors' Summit (GIS), Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the total investment of Rs6.79 lakh crore was committed in summit.
While talking to media persons here on Friday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that it was a successful event.
In the presence of charismatic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an environment towards industry has been built. His presence in the inauguration programme, enthused the investors came from different parts of the country and abroad, Chouhan added. Regarding the outcome of the summit, Chouhan said that instead of Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs), Intention of Imvestments were expressed during registration. There total 3,164 registrations held in which investment of Rs4.36 lakh crore was seen. However, at the end of the summit the figure reached Rs6.79 lakh crore, he added.
To a query, Chouhan said, "I have always been serious towards bringing investment." However, he accepted that after the Prime Minister's expectations, the responsibility has increased.Chouhan said that the announcement by Union Minister for Chemical and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar to introduce the third Petro-Chemical region in Madhya Pradesh with a cost of Rs1 lakh crore, is a major decision.
When asked about the statement of Union Minister Prakash Jaodekar that bureaucrats thinking was negative, Chouhan said the role of bureaucrats in Madhya Pradesh has always been positive.
Regarding safeguarding the old industries in the State, Chouhan stated that a provision of Rs700 crore has been made developing infrastructres.The Chief Minister on the occasion declared that the next summit would be held in Indore fromOctober 19 to 21, 2016.