Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on Thursday said that his recently-ended ten-day trip to US and Canada to attract investment ensured that the State will get `10,000 crore inflow and employment opportunities would be created for around 40,000 people.
The Chief Minister had recently led an official and business delegation to US and Canada to attract the prospective investors to invest in the State.
The delegation visited New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, Maryland, Connecticut, San Francisco in the USA and Vancouver and Toronto in Canada from August 16 to 25 and held business meetings and apprised the business leaders about the features of recently announced Enterprises Promotion Policy-2015 of Haryana.
Apart from this, the delegation also held meetings with US-India Business Council, Canada-India Business Council, Canada-India Foundation and Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce.
Claiming that the visit of 32-member delegation of officials and businessmen from Haryana, which he led, was a “highly successful” one, the Chief Minister Manohar lal while addressing a Press conference here said that the investment would include `5,000 crore in the food processing industry thus opening new avenues of growth for agriculture and allied sectors in the State.
Haryana has signed MoUs with five leading companies including Google, CISCO, United Technologies, Applied Materials and Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology.
During the visit, the key areas where the foreign investors have shown tremendous interest include food processing, Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services, Health and Medical Education, Skill Development, Mass Rapid Transport, Renewable Energy, Defense, Aerospace, Auto and Auto Components, Research and Development and Pharmaceuticals, said the Chief Minister, who was on his maiden foreign visit after the BJP came to the power in Haryana last year.
He said that the State Government would organise an investment meet ‘Happening Haryana’ in the month of January next in which Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and global business leaders would participate.
Giving details of his meetings, Manohar lal said that US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Nisha Biswal, who is the key person for shaping US policy on South Asia, has expressed keen interest of US companies in making investment in Haryana.
She also expressed keen interest in expansion of defence and aerospace industry in the State, said the Chief Minister.
About signing an agreement with the leading company Google, the Chief Minister said that this move would take Haryana towards digitalisation and would give further impetus to the Digital India Campaign of Central Government.
Apart from this, Carrier Air-conditioning and Refrigeration limited, a unit of United Technologies Corporation at Pratt and Whitney Plant has decided to set up an additional plant for manufacture of air-conditioning devices in Gurgaon. The proposed manufacture facility in Gurgaon would provide employment to more than 2,000 people and bring an investment of $ 50 million.
During India Diaspora interaction in New York, he urged the NRIs to adopt “Sweh Prerit Yojana” and contribute in the development process of their ancestral village in Haryana, said Manohar lal.
He added that Haryana has also signed a MoU for the development of smart cities in the State as the concerned company has more expertise in this field.
When asked about the plans to make amendments in ‘New Enterprises Promotion Policy-2015’, he said that the New Enterprises Promotion Policy-2015 would be reviewed after every three months and if any changes are required for the promotion of industries in the State, the same would be incorporated.
He informed that two teams would be constituted by the State Government to attract foreign investments in the State. One team would work overseas and remain in contact with the business leaders, NRIs that the state delegation met during the ten-day foreign visit. The other team of the State Government would work from here to bring investments to the state, said he when asked about the efforts taken to ensure investments in the State.
The Chief Minister added that focus would be to bring investments to all parts of the State and ensure that the backward districts are not neglected and attract investments from overseas.
On giving boost to tourism in the State and bring Haryana on global tourism map, he said that the State Government has already planned to link Kalesar with Kalka through a metalled road to give boost to tourism in this region.
Haryana Government has also planned to promote religious and heritage tourism in the Kurukshetra circuit and promote ancient Saraswati river, added the Chief Minister.