Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, on a two-day visit to Singapore, interacted with Ministers, officials and members of the Indian diaspora in the island nation on Monday.
A delegation from Uttarakhand led by the Chief Minister reached Singapore to meet various investors and participate in the Invest North Summit 2018 organised by the Indian High Commission. The Invest North Summit 2018 is being organised on September 4 in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
The Chief Minister started his tour with a visit to historic Perumal temple. He also visited Indian Heritage Centre and Institute of Technical Education. Rawat also held discussions with non-resident Indians and Hindu Endowment Board on promoting religious tourism in Uttarakhand.
later in the day, he also held a meeting with Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. He also held discussions with representatives of various enterprises on the possibilities of developmental works in Uttarakhand. These bodies included Surbana Jurong Private limited, The Golden State Capital Private limited, Ascendas Singbridge, Meinhardt and Asia Competitiveness Institute.
The Uttarakhand Government invited the investors to participate in the Uttarakhand Investors Summit 2018 scheduled to be held in Dehradun on October 7 and 8 this year.
According to official sources, the Invest North Summit 2018 being held in Singapore will explore the possibilities of investment in Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The abundant natural resources, trained manpower, investment and policy system coupled with fast developing basic infrastructure provides immense investment opportunities in electronics, pharmaceuticals, financial services, tourism, health, education, basic infrastructure, energy and automobiles in north India. The main objective to organise the Invest North Summit 2018 in Singapore is to get associated with the potential investors from Singapore. The State Chief Ministers, industrialists and senior officials from India will address the summit.
The Uttarakhand delegation includes Industrial advisor to Chief Minister KS Panwar, Additional Chief Secretary Om Prakash, Finance secretary Amit Singh Negi, Director of Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA) Amit Kumar Sinha and Smart City CEO Shailesh Bagauli.