Swedish home furnishing retailer IKEA is considering Haryana for its expansion plan in India.
Oscar Stenstorm, Secretary, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, Sweden, who called on Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal, after the investors’ roadshow at Make in India Centre in Mumbai said that IKEA India, a Swedish production-oriented home furnishing retailer with 328 stores in different countries, is considering Haryana for execution of its expansion plan in India.
Poland has also evinced keen interest in investing in Haryana in the fields of agriculture, green technology, water treatment and ‘waste to energy’.
First Deputy Prime Minister of Republic of Poland Prof. Piotr Glinski in a meeting with the Chief Minister said that Poland is keen on developing long-term business relations with Haryana and is ready to take further steps in this direction.
Haryana Industries and Commerce Minister Capt. Abhimanyu, and Ambassador of India to Republic of Poland, Ajay Bisaria were also present in the meeting held in Mumbai.
Manohar lal apprised Prof Piotr Glinski that there is a huge scope of mutual cooperation in the field of solid waste management. Apart from urban areas in the state, special emphasis is also being laid on the treatment of solid waste in rural areas.
He said that there were about 120 villages in Haryana with population of above 10,000.
The Chief Minister said that Haryana has a strong economy and has the highest per capita income among big states and 57 per cent part of the state falls in National Capital Region Delhi.
He informed that the food processing is one of the key focus areas of the State Government.
Manohar lal said that the State Government would also soon unveil a new solar policy which would be very liberal. The new Enterprises Promotion Policy-2015 has already been implemented in the State with a focus on ‘ease of doing business’.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government would explore the possibilities of plying Volvo buses supplied by Sweden in Manesar, district Gurgaon, and Kundli in district Sonepat, as a part of the smart urban sustainable solution.
He also invited Prof. Piotr Glinski and his delegation to the ‘Happening Haryana Global Investors’ Summit-2016’ scheduled to be held in Gurgaon in March. Manohar lal also offered Poland and Sweden to become partner state in the Summit.
Haryana is organising the ‘Happening Haryana Global Investors’ Summit-2016’ in Gurgaon on March 7 and 8, where Japan and UK have agreed to become partner countries.