Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that new projects should be started in a timely manner by removing the bottlenecks in investment in the state. He said that in the last two years, the state government has implemented many important policies and programs to increase investment in the state. Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS-2019), Rajasthan Industrial Development Policy - 2019, one-stop shop system and single window system are providing various facilities to entrepreneurs and investors. He instructed the officers that every possible effort should be made to increase investment in the state.
Gehlot was addressing the first meeting of the Board of Investment (Board of Investment) constituted under the Rajasthan Enterprises Single Window Enablement and License (Amendment) Act, 2020 through video conference at the Chief Minister's residence on Monday. He said that the state government has formulated a tourism policy to promote tourism in the state. This time, an allocation of Rs 500 crore has been made in the budget for the Tourism Development Fund.
This amount will be spent on branding as a tourism destination of the state and on the development and investment of tourism infrastructure.
He directed the officials that the departments related to industry and investment should formulate an action plan with the tourism department and work to increase investment in the tourism sector in the state.
The Chief Minister said that the development of the areas along the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and Delhi-Mumbai Freight Corridor in the state and the work of the gas grid should be completed rapidly.
The board approved the proposals regarding package, concession, rebate and other facilities to the enterprises. Apart from this, proposals were also approved regarding the demand for Special Facility Capital under RIPS-2019.
It is noteworthy that the Chief Minister is the Chairman of this Board constituted for the purpose of quick approval and approval of investment proposals under the One Stop Shop system, while the Minister of Industry is its Vice President.
The meeting was attended by Energy and PHED Minister Dr. BD Kalla, Industries Minister Mr. Parsadi Lal Meena, Revenue Minister Mr. Harish Chaudhary, Chief Secretary Mr. Niranjan Arya, Additional Chief Secretary Khan Mr. Subodh Agarwal, Rico Chairman Mr. Kuldeep Ranka, Principal Secretary, Finance Mr. Akhil Arora, MD of RICO, Mr. Ashutosh AT Pednekar and other officials were present.
In the meeting, Commissioner Industry and Investment Promotion Bureau, Smt. Archana Singh gave a presentation about various investment proposals.