State Minister for Commerce and Industries, Amar Agrawal on Friday interacted with the members of the Eastern Region at the Third meeting of the Regional Council in the city.
“After establishing itself as one of the most preferred investment destinations in core sectors like steel, power, cement, minerals etc, Chhattisgarh is now treading forward for industrial diversification in non-core sectors and value addition in the established core sector in the State”, the Minister said in his address.
With its commitment towards creating value for investment, Chhattisgarh ensures ease of doing business which has also been attested by the World Bank and DIPP in their recent survey wherein Chhattisgarh was ranked 4th in the country in terms of Ease of Doing Business, he said. In addition to that, Chhattisgarh also provides competitive cost of doing business which largely gets ensured through lower power tariff than the national average, low cost of land, low rentals, low transportation cost etc, Agrawal said.
Infrastructure and connectivity are also major areas of thrust in Chhattisgarh which draws investors’ attention to this central state of the Country” he said during his interaction with the Industry leaders. Agrawal further stated that Focus sectors like IT/ ITeS, Electronics, Defence, Food processing, Engineering, NRE etc. are being promoted in the State to ensure value addition in the established core sectors and promote sectors of strategic importance having high employment potential.
The Minister invited the leading Industrialists from the region to come and invest in Chhattisgarh and assured all support and cooperation from the Industries department in this regard.