At the inaugural session of Global Investors Summit here on Thursday, Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa threw light on Madhya Pradesh’s progress in various sectors through a presentation.
Giving details of the State’s progress, de Sa said that Madhya Pradesh was the only State in the country which had implemented new Industrial Promotion Policy and chalked out a number of progressive policies for tourism, skill development, renewable energy, BPO & BPM, warehousing and manufacturing of defence equipments. Implementation of these policies will open new doors of development in Madhya Pradesh.
The Chief Secretary informed that the State had registered remarkable increase in agriculture growth rates, it has become self-reliant in power generation and a network of good road has been laid due to which industrial development and providing jobs to youths have become easier.
He further informed that power generation capacity in the State has risen to 14 thousand MW with 65 per cent increase in traditional power generation and 35 percent through renewable energy sources.
In next 12 to 24 months, renewable energy sector will start generating 5,500 MW power. State’s 1.50 lakh kilometres long excellent roads include 5000 km long National Highways, 10 thousand km long regional roads and 20 thousand km long district main roads. Besides, rural roads have also been constructed. Availability of land and facility of scientific storage have also increased rapidly. Apart from main crops, area under horticulture and organic farming has also been increased. Adequate water is being provided to industries. Madhya Pradesh has also won Krishi Karman Award twice consecutively.
The Chief Secretary said that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s commitment for development of industries, various concessions to investors and implementation of single window system will lead to large number of jobs for youths.