A Confederation of Industry (CII) delegation led by T V Narendran, Chairman, CII Eastern Region called on Chief Minister Raman Singh here on Thursday.
During the meeting, the Chairman, CII Eastern Region said that CII will organize 'MSME FFC' in Chhattisgarh for promoting MSME and Entrepreneurship development.
The forum will identify the prospective entrepreneurs with concrete investment proposals from workshops to be conducted at the district level. The CII team will facilitate these prospective entrepreneurs and the forum will act as a one-stop shop for prospective entrepreneurs for getting end-to-end support instantly, he said.
Singh appreciated the efforts of CII in organizing investors Meet in China and advised the apex industrial body to set up a Centre in China for ‘Invest Chhattisgarh’ to facilitate the process of Investment. The delegation proposed the Chief Minister to develop Single Window System for Start Ups.
The Chairman, Eastern region further said that Dedicated forums has been created on Agriculture, Energy Efficiency, Industry – Railways linkage & Industry - Defence linkage to help the industry know about the opportunities existing for them in the said sectors.
Narendran earlier also launched & supported “HORN NOT OK PlEASE” HNOP, a ‘Swchcha Bharat’ initiative of CII Yi Raipur Chapter.
The whole world is making a noise about Air, Water & land Pollution, but there’s a deafening silence with regard to Noise Pollution, the CII press release stated.
CII Yi Raipur Chapter took the responsibility of spreading social awareness regarding Noise Pollution and initiating action at the community level to stop the growing menace of unnecessary vehicle honking through distributing stickers & signing “I Support HNOP”.
The delegation comprised Mahendra Agrawal, Chairman, CII Chhattisgarh State Council, Mr Ramesh Agrawal, Vice Chairman, CII Chhattisgarh State Council and Dr Saugat Mukherjee, Regional Director, CII, Western Region, Hitesh Tekchandani, Head, CII, Chhattisgarh state office.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand on Thursday met a delegation comprising of representatives from Tata Steel and Confederation of India Industry (CII) at the Mantralaya here.
On the occasion, Dhand highlighted the state’s industrial policy and facilities being provided by the government for setting up of new projects in Chhattisgarh.
While interacting with the delegation, the Chief Secretary gave detailed information about prospect of developing tourism industry and works being taken up for its development. Moreover, he informed about Electronic Manufacturing Cluster and logistic Hub taking shape in Naya Raipur.
Meanwhile, Dhand also told the delegation about operation of several educational institutes of national level in the State and the focus of government in preparation of skilled human resources under the Aprovision of the act providing skill development right to youths in the State.
Similarly, he also informed about the tasks performed by livelihood colleges and Skill Development Centers.
On the occasion, Tata Steel’s Managing Director and Chairman of CII (Eastern region) T V Narendran, Vice-President (Corporate Affairs) of Tata Steel Sunil Bhaskaran, Regional Director of CII Dr Saugata Mukherjee, Chairman of CII Chhattisgarh Committee Mahendra Agrawal and others were present.
Secretary Public Relations Santosh Misra, Managing Director of Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC) Sunil Mishra and Director of Commerce and Industries Kartikeya Goel were also present.