In a short span of 10 years, Chhattisgarh Government has already invested Rs6,000 crore in creating the state-of-art infrastructure in Naya Raipur and further Rs10,000 croreinvestment plans are in pipeline, said Aman Kumar Singh, principal secretary in State Government.
While addressing an Investors Meet organised by Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) here at a hotel, he reiterated the significance of good Governance for providing seamless experience by Ease of doing Business and by simplification of regulatory framework.
He informed that NRDA has identified Education as one of the priority areas for holistic development of India’s first 21st century smart city “Naya Raipur”.
RsRsTo achieve this vision, the private sector is considered as an important stakeholder to address gaps in education infrastructure and quality teaching,’’ remarked Singh who is also Chairman of the NRDA.
He further said that as an important component of education ecosystem, NRDA envisages setting up of an International School with the state-of-art infrastructure.
The meeting which was held under the chairmanship of Aman Kumar Singh was attended by schools of national and international repute from across the country such as Pathways, Cambridge International, Birla Vidya Niketan, Ryan International, The Heritage School, DY Patil International, Trinity International, Ebenezer International, Abacus Educational Services, Kodaikanal International, Amity International, etc.
Sanjay Shukla, Secretary, Housing and Environment Department focused on the State government’s commitment to bring high quality school education. He further added the State Government recognised the role of private sector in improving access and quality in school
education.
He ensured that State will provide investor friendly ecosystem and form a partnership with private sector players to achieve the vision of Chief Minister.
Rajat Kumar, CEO, NRDA sketched out the development plan of Naya Raipur and gave brief overview of the completed, ongoing and key upcoming projects.
He discussed the key challenges faced by private schools across India and thereby stressed on the NRDA’s offering to them.
Abdul Qaiser, MD SSA, RMSA, stressed that in line with the vision of Chhattisgarh Government for setting up educational institutions in the State and providing ease of doing business, the Education department will act as a single window for providing all the requisite approvals, permissions and NOCs.
The meeting ended with an open discussion wherein queries of participating investors were addressed by the panel of senior Government officials.