Chief Minister Raman Singh said that to realise Prime Minister's vision of ‘Make in India’, Government of Chhattisgarh has adopted a focussed policy approach which includes ease of doing business, development of world class industrial infrastructure and enacting business friendly policies to facilitate business and investment in the State.
Chhattisgarh has always been one of the preferred states in the country for business and investment but so far most of the investments have been made in core sectors like mining, steel, aluminium, cement etc, he said.
There is huge potential for non-core sectors like electronics, food processing, engineering, solar equipment etc. which are to being promoted as strategic sectors in the State.
In the last financial year (2015-16), the State Government signed MoUs of more than Rs 54,000 crore across various focussed sectors. Most of these MoUs have come under implementation.
New sectors like electronics have got new boost with approval of Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in Naya Raipur. About Rs 1,500 crore investment is proposed in electronics sector in Chhattisgarh which would create over 5,000 employment opportunities in Chhattisgarh. Two thirds of the EMC has already been booked by these companies.