Adding joy to the prospective visiting business giants and delegates in Global Investor Summit (GIS), Chief Minister Raghubar Das said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the gathering via video conferencing on opening day of the two- day summit.
Sharing details of GIS to be organised on February 16-17 with local businessmen and industrialists, including largest local trade body FJCCI on Tuesday in Project Bhawan, the CM also said that formation of a State level Investment Promotion Board was on the cards of the government. He also announced ground-breaking ceremony for textiles industry in March this year.
Das also appealed local business fraternity to stay positive during first ever investor summit of the State and take it as an opportunity to grow their business manifold in collaboration with national and international companies. “The summit will see business delegates led by their business leaders from across the globe, including full delegation from Australia and China. local businessmen and industrialists must use this opportunity to grow their business by dropping investment inviting proposals on momentum Jharkhand website,” said the CM.
This meeting of CM with local traders ahead of GIS carries much importance, as opposition parties were trying hard to organise a parallel meeting with these traders during the summit to convince them that such a global event was being organised at the cost of local business.
Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) President Vinay Agrawal said that the CM appealed to stay positive and look forward to increase business in collaboration with global companies, which were looking at the State as the one with high potential of business.
Das said in the meeting that the Investment Promotion Board would work to remove difficulties in the path of investment in the State with at least one meeting of the board every month. “Unlike previous governments which focused only on revenues generated by mineral resources, we want resource based value added plants in the State, including over 50 types of forest-based products to eliminate poverty and unemployment. A port in Sahibganj will increase business and trade activities exponentially and AIIMS in Deoghar will cater to at least 8-9 districts of the State,” said the CM. He also said the State was very much on the track of becoming naxal-problem free this very year.
Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, Principal Secretary to CM Sanjay Kumar and Secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Industries Director K Ravi Kumar and other officials were also present in the meeting.
Meanwhile, Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) is leaving no stone unturned to present the transformed face of Capital City for GIS under Momentum Jharkhand in Khelgaon. From landscaping and beautification of the city major routes to appointing city enforcement squads to monitor the cleanliness in State Capital, the RMC is on its last leg of the preparations.
“Special task force teams have been formed to collect the trashes and to remove debris from localities. Besides, three squad teams have been separately advised to be vigilant and remove all the illegal hoardings, posters and penalize those littering the wastes around. All the Zonal Supervisors have been given the dress-code to maintain uniformity,” said Municipal Commissioner Prashant Kumar on Tuesday.
The RMC is also ensuring installation of lED lights along the roadside in prime localities. Selected areas like Hinoo Chowk, Rajendra Chowk and Airport routes are being decked up with plants, road dividers are being painted and re-carpeting of paths are being done.
“Renovation and beautification of flyovers are underway. As many as 1,600 flags, promo hoardings are being prepared with the in house scrap that will be put up along the roadside with the global investor’s summit theme,” added Kumar. Green India, the company roped in for the beautification project by RMC is also ensuring that all electric poles are painted with Red and white lED strips before the business summit.