PM Modi to inaugurate Himachal’s 1st global investors’ summit this week

News Bharati    04-Nov-2019
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Shimla, November 4: Starting from November 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate two-day Himachal Pradesh’s first global investors’ summit this week. The investors’ summit — Rising Himachal — from November 7 to 8 in Dharamsala aims to attract investment in the agri-business, food processing and post-harvest technology, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, tourism, hospitality and civil aviation, hydro and renewable energy, among others, sectors, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said.


 

The summit will see participating of Union ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Prahlad Patel and Anurag Thakur along with who’s who from the industry and foreign investors.

The State has set a target of attracting investment of Rs 85,000 crore and has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for the investment more than Rs 83,000 crore so far.

Thakur said, “During the summit, we plan to provide a platform to bring together heads of the State, leaders from the corporate world, policymakers, development agencies, heads from institutions of international repute and academia from across the world to further cause of socio-economic development in the State.”

 

“During international roadshows and meeting with Indian industrial houses in five months, we have got tremendous response from them. We will be leveraging our potential and opportunities at the summit,” the CM said.