Chief Minister Raman Singh will be on two-day visit to Mumbai from February 14. As per information received, the Chief Minister will be leaving for Mumbai at 9.20 am by a scheduled flight and reach around 11.25 am.
After reaching Mumbai, Singh will take part later in the day in ‘Chhattisgarh Investor Convention’ at 2 pm on the second day of the ongoing ‘Make in India Week’ programme being held in Mumbai.
The convention is going to be held in Bandra-Kurla Complex located on Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s ground.
According to the schedule, Singh will also register his presence in the convention the next day on February 15 at 9:45 am and leave for the Raipur around 5:45 pm through a scheduled flight. He will reach Raipur at 7:30 pm.
Notably, Chhattisgarh has been included among 12 states by the Centre where investor summits would be held to showcase key sectoral strengths.
The 12 State Investor Summits would be held in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamilnadu to showcase key sectoral strengths with reference to investment opportunities, steps undertaken by the State government to improve business environment, locational advantages, and industrial infrastructure availability.
Key opportunities in sectors like auto, defence and aerospace, food processing, chemicals and petrochemicals, electronics and information technology, pharmaceuticals, textiles, industrial equipment manufacturing, construction equipment, and infrastructure will be showcased through 21 seminars conceptualized and led by the key Union Ministries. They will be addressed by Union Ministers, Think Tanks, Industry leaders, Academic Institutions, and Industry Associations. Seminars will showcase investment opportunities in each sector, recent policy initiatives for attracting investments and ease of doing business.
Speaking at the Curtain Raiser press conference in Mumbai the week-long event organized to showcase India’s manufacturing prowess earlier, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry, Nirmala Sitharaman said that “The government has incessantly pushed policy measures to boost manufacturing and today FDI in India is growing at 48 per cent while globally there is a sharp fall.
The global business community has responded enthusiastically to Indian economy’s revivalist fervour and Make in India Week will further showcase the nation’s accomplishments in manufacturing and position India as investment, innovation and manufacturing hub, she said.
Notably, the Global Investors’ Meet was held in Chhattisgarh for the first time in year 2012 to attract investors for non-core sector industries.