In a programme held at his residence on Monday, the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat released the brand logo and website-www.destinationuttarakhand.in -of the proposed ‘Destination Uttarakhand-Investors Summit- 2018’. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said the proposed summit would provide a platform for investment in Uttarakhand to the international and national investors. He said that Uttarakhand has been ranked as number one among the mountainous states of the country in ease of doing business and the Uttarakhand Government is constantly working to make an investment-friendly environment in the state.
He said investors, manufacturers, policymakers and industrial organisations from different parts of the world would be brought to one platform during the summit. Rawat added that the investment in the State will provide employment in different areas to the local youth in a large number. Highlighting the need for tie-ups of the local entrepreneurs and foreign investors, the CM said this arrangement would be beneficial for all.
Rawat said that the state has a single window system in place for the investors and entrepreneurs and it has good law and order situation. In addition to it the state has good supply of electricity at the cheapest rates in the country.
Giving the example of the success of the International Yoga Day programme in Dehradun, the CM expressed confidence that the Investors summit too would be a major success.
The commissioner Industries Saujanya said that the government has chosen sectors like food processing, horticulture, herbal and aromatic, tourism, wellness and Ayush, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, sericulture and natural fibre, IT, renewable energy, biotechnology and film shooting as thrust areas for the summit. She said that as a prelude for the summit, a mini conclave on Ayush, Ayurveda and herbal, Aromatic and Pharma was organized in Haridwar on July 12. Similarly mini conclaves on tourism and wellness would be organised in Tehri on August 7, on tourism and film shooting in Bhimtal (Nainital) onAugust 10 and on food processing and automobiles in Rudrapur on August 11.
Road shows will be organised in Bengaluru on August 22, Hyderabad on August 23, Ahmedabad on August 23 and Mumbai on August 29 and in New Delhi on August 30. A round table talk with ambassadors of different countries will be held in New Delhi onAugust 30. One can log on to the website www.destinationuttarakhand.in from August 15for registration for summit.
The programme was attended by MlA Ganesh Joshi, Secretary Tourism Dilip Jawalkar, Director Industries Sudhir Nautiyal and many entrepreneurs.