Punjab is all set to attract investment in agro processing, information technology and Ayurveda besides other sectors with owners and CEOs of top companies of Kerala and Tamil Nadu evincing interest in setting up shop in the State after meeting Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal who is on an official visit to Thiruvanathapuram.
A statement issued here by the Deputy Chief Minister's Office said besides one to one meetings with top industrialists, Sukhbir Badal also addressed a meeting of the CII Southern Regional Council.
During an interaction with the Deputy Chief Minister, Blue Star Executive Director B Thyagarajan suggested CII could partner with Punjab through the Centre for Agriculture Excellence to provide marketing knowledge to farmers. "We are keen to build forward and backward linkages to ensure farmers can market their produce profitably", he said.
IBS Software Executive Chairman VK Marhews said his company was looking for avenues to expand in the Nor-thern Region and Mohali with its assurance of quality res-ources and superb social infrastructure was a good bet. He said he would himself lead a company team to Chandigarh to take this proposal forward. He displayed keen interest in visiting the IT park in Mohali where Infosys is coming up with a 25,000 seat strong facility.
later Badal made a detailed presentation at the CII meeting. He detailed how the SAD-BJP Government had worked with a mission to make the State power surplus besides improving connectivity by establishing two international and four domestic airports. He said within one year every village in the State would be 4G connected. Badal said due to these efforts as well as establishing a single point clearance in the Invest Punjab office, the State had been successful in clearing 210
projects with an investment of Rs 1500 crore in the last one and a half year. He said all necessary clearances to set up new
units would be given in 30 days time.