Urban Development Minister CP Singh today said that the State with only 24 per cent of the population residing in cities offered huge opportunities for potential investors in urban development sector. During a Seminar on Urban Development and Smart City: Investment Opportunity in Jharkhand, Singh requested investors to invest in a sector which was ready to take a leap via fresh investments. He assured them of government’s readiness to go any mile to protect their interests.
“This is a historic day for the State which has organised maiden event of such scale. I request investors to invest in urban development, as only 24 percent of Jharkhand population resides in cities. We need to take it forward, which requires fresh investment,” said Singh.
Union Urban Development Department Secretary Rajiv Gauba, State Urban Development Department Principal Secretary Arun Kumar Singh, National Housing Bank MD Sriram Kalyannarayan, School of Planning and Architect Director Chetan Vaidya, Urban Transport World Resource Institute of India Strategy Head Amit Bhatt and hundreds of stakeholders including potential investors were also present during seminar on Urban Development.
Gauba said on the occasion that Jharkhand was among one of the most ready-to-invest destinations and central government was ready to extend all its support to a State where transparent investment policies and single window system were in place to keep potential investors away from worries. “Jharkhand is changing and transparency is valued as a resource for government as human resource and natural resource,” said Gauba.
Arun Kumar Singh said that the government was ready to extend all its support to investors. “The good thing here is that investors needn’t make any change here in Jharkhand. They need just to come and invest in new constructions. Building bylaws are all prepared and Ranchi requires collective effort of all to wear a Smart City look. Ranchi Metro, colonies, roads all are potential investment areas here,” said Singh through a presentation.
Meanwhile, HEC and Sky Wind of Germany ventured into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during another Seminar organised on Make in Jharkhand on Thursday. labour Reforms Minister Raj Paliwar said during Seminar that Jharkhand was ready to attract investment. “The State is on the top in terms of labour laws simplification. Every district of the State has ready-to-offer land bank,” said Paliwar.
HEC MD Avijit Ghosh said that the State was performing extremely well in technical and higher education. “This has brought the State in limelight in terms of investment-friendly destination,” said Ghosh. DIPP
Joint Secretary (Government of India) Rajiv Agrawal, JSW CEO Vishwdeep Gupta, RSB Transmission Chairman SK Behra, E&Y Director Gourav Taneja, Tata Hitachi MD Sandeep Singh, GS Auto CEO Gajendra Bains and delegates were also present in seminar. Taking example of Patanjali, Behra said that it was the best example of Make in India.