The city is all set to witness the phase two of execution of MoU’s, signed this February during the Global Investors’ Summit in Ranchi. An event is being organised on August 19 at Gopal Maidan in city where in corporate leaders, to Union ministers and state cabinet ministers will participate.
Sources informed that during the one-and-half-hour programme (scheduled from 11.30 am) at Gopal Maidan, Union information and broadcasting and textile minister, Smriti Irani will be the chief guest of the function. Chief Minister Raghubar Das and the Union minister Smriti Irani will jointly lay foundation stone online for around 70 projects worth nearly Rs 2000-crore during the function.
“We are taking every step to make the event successful. The Union minister has given verbal confirmation this morning. After returning from Jamshedpur later in the evening on same day, she will be launching an apparel training center set up by Orient Craft limited near Irba (Ormanjhi in Ranchi). She will be flying in to Jamshedpur along with chief minister Raghubar Das,” sources said.
Incidentally, Orient Craft as per the MoU signed during the Global Investor’s Summit, will also set up an apparel unit and textile park on nearly 25 acre of land near Hotwar in Ranchi at an investment of Rs 200-crore.
An official of State industry department also said receiving verbal confirmation from Smriti Irani.
“We have received verbal confirmation from her. She will also be launching the training center of Orient Craft in Ranchi which will provide employment opportunities for 900 persons,’ said the official.
Invitations have also been sent to Union minister of state for commerce and industry, Nirmala Sitharaman for attending the function along with union minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha, minister of state for agriculture, Sudarshan Bhagat, all the MPs from Jharkhand, state cabinet ministers and all MlAs for the function.
Some of the key members in the JIPB likely to attend the function include chairman Steel Authority of India limited, P. K Singh, MD Tata Steel T. V Narendran, president laghu Udyog Bharati, Om Prakash Mittal and joint president Shree Cement, Sanjay Mehta.
A 30,000sqft hangar-like air-conditioned tent will be set up at Gopal Maidan in Jamshedpur for a state government function to start execution of 70 industrial projects, MoUs for which were signed at the Global Investors Summit in February.
The projects hail from sectors as diverse as food processing, cement and education According to a senior CII official associated with the function, the bulk of the projects that would be flagged off on August 19.