Chhattisgarh is participating as “Principal Partner State” in Global Exhibition on Services (GES) being held at Mumbai Exhibition Centre in Mumbai from May 15 to 18.
In his address to the investors' meet on Wednesday, Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC), Chhagan Mundra, gave detailed information to the investors from across the country and abroad about the investment opportunities in service sector of Chhattisgarh.
He said that Chhattisgarh's expanding service sector has immense scope of capital investment.
Mundra said that service sector today is knowledge driven and along with technology, it has an important role to play in economic growth.
He added that a strong service sector backed by a manufacturing sector targetted for higher growth through initiatives like 'Make in India' can play a pivotal role in the growth of our economy and enable it to find its rightful place amongst world economies.
Mundra said that Chhattisgarh holds fourth rank among the 32 states of the country in 'Ease of Doing Business'. Chhattisgarh touches borders of seven states.
The better environment for industries and commerce in state and tremendous progress in these sectors has made Chhattisgarh - a gateway for the market of Central India. Global Exhibition of Services was organized by Government India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Services Export Promotion Council and CII, he said.
He informed the investors about state government's policies for industrial sector, land, water, skilled manpower, and also about the availability of electricity and the abundance of natural resources in State.
Mundra met investors of service sector from across the country and abroad and discusses about the investment opportunities.
He invited business delegates to visit Chhattisgarh and explore the untapped potential of the State.
Mundra also met representatives from Zambida, Congo and Ghana.
MD CSIDC Sunil Mishra gave overview of Chhattisgarh along with service sector opportunities in Chhattisgarh.
He highlighted the significant transformation of the state over the years with a current GDP growth of more than national average.
Director Technical Education Department Vivek Acharya gave presentation on industry and education linkages and highlighted various schemes in education sector which Government of Chhattisgarh has launched in recent times.
General Manager of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) Sanjay Singh gave presentation on tourism, water sports and adventure tourism in state.
Notably, Global Exhibition on Services (GES), is the initiative of Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) are organising the 4th Global Exhibition on Services from May 15 to 18, 2018 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.
GES event is targetting participation from 100 countries and will also host 30 knowledge sessions and thousands of B2B and B2G meetings.
An annual flagship event of India, the first GES was inaugurated in 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The subsequent editions were inaugurated by then President of India in 2016 and 2017. GES 2017, was a huge success with participation from over 573 companies from 73 countries (including India) and more than 5000 structured meetings.
Now GES 2018-Mumbai proposes to focus on Services sector excellence in India and expanding the global footprint.
It will feature the following services sectors - IT & Telecom, banking & financial services, education, energy services, environmental services, exhibition & event services, facility management, healthcare, logistics, SEZ Services, Port based Services, media & entertainment, next gen cities, printing & publishing, professional services, railway services, retail & e-commerce, skills, space, sports services, starts-ups/SME, tourism & hospitality and wellness.