A delegation led by Chief Minister Raghubar Das attended dinner hosted by Japan Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu at the latter’s residence in Japanese Embassy on Saturday evening. Industry leaders from the leading Japanese companies, including Managing Directors of Sojitsu India, Mitsui India, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries India, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metals India and Sumitomo India discussed business and investment prospects of Japanese companies and Government in Jharkhand.
A detailed discussion with regards to the investment promotion programme of the State and the development initiatives being undertaken by the State Government took place during the dinner.
The aspects pertaining to encouraging the Japanese investments in the State was specifically discussed by the Government of Jharkhand. Notably, a delegation led by Chief Minister Raghubar Das is visiting to Japan and Czech Republic during October 8-14.
Kenji Hiramatsu ensured that the Embassy of Japan and the Government of Japan would extend the necessary assistance to Government of Jharkhand for making the visit useful and in facilitating Japanese investments in the State. He also assured the support from JETRO, JICA and other Government associated bodies in making the investment promotion program of the state a big success.
The delegation led by Chief Minster in the dinner included Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner Amit Khare, Government of Jharkhand Resident Commissioner DK Tiwari, Department of Industries, Mines & Geology and Secretary to the CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal, RIADA Secretary Sunil Kumar Singh, Senior Personal Secretary to the CM Anjan Sarkar, and PS to CM KP Balyan, E&Y Vice President Priya Ranjan Kumar Singh and Project Manager Varun Arora, Tata Steel Vice President Sunil Bhaskaran and JCAPCPl MD CV Sastry. JETRO India Chief Director General Kazuya Nakajo was also present in the dinner. JETRO is a Japanese government-related organisation that works to promote mutual trade and investment between Japan and other countries.