With prime minister Narendra Modi, various union ministers and top industrialists slated to arrive in Dehradun for the investors summit on October 7-8, the chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh and director general of police Anil Kumar Raturi reviewed the preparations being made at the international cricket stadium- the venue for the summit here on Thursday. Talking to media persons after reviewing the preparations, the chief secretary said that the preparations are going on according to the plan. All the departments are discharging their responsibilities in a committed manner. He further said that the Investors’ Summit is getting good response with MoUs already being signed consistently for investment. So far, MoUs amounting to about Rs 45,000 crore have been signed.
Singh further said that representatives from countries including Singapore, Japan and the Czech Republic among others will be coming to the Investors Summit. Communication and Information Minister of Singapore S Iswaran has also expressed his desire to attend the conference. He said that in order to attract investment, the Uttarakhand government has amended the Mega Industrial and Investment Policy 2015. Apart from this, Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Policy, Information, Communication Technology and Electronics Policy, Start Up Policy, facilities for aroma parks, Bio Technology Policy, Policy for Energy Generation from Pine Needle and Other Bio-Mass have been formulated.
It should be mentioned here that apart from PM Narendra Modi, the inaugural session of the summit is slated to be addressed by managing director of AMUL Dairy RS Sodhi, managing director of Medanta Dr Naresh Trehan, Ambassador of Japan, Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Czech Republic, Milan Hovorka, Chairman of Tata Sons Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chairman of JSW Group Sajjan Jindal, chairman of Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra, chairman of Essel Limited, Subhash Chandra, ITC chairman YC Deveshwar, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, co-founder of Patanjali Ayurveda Limited Swami Ramdev, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, Mukesh Ambani and others.