Jaipur, The Resurgent
Rajasthan Partnership Summit 2015, the two-day global investment meet organised
by the Government of Rajasthan in association with the Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII), got underway here today in the presence of the
Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley; the Governor of Rajasthan, Shri
Kalyan Singh; Union Ministers Ananth Kumar, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Suresh Prabhu,
Rajiv Pratap Rudy; the State Chief Minister, Smt. Vasundhara Raje; the State
Industries Minister, Shri Gajendra Singh Khimsar;State Chief Secretary, Shri
C.S. Rajan; a wide cross-section of the captains of Indian industry; and
business leaders, diplomats and government representatives
from across the globe.
Japan, Singapore, Italy and South
Australia are international partners in the Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership
Summit 2015.
The inauguration set the pace for the
Summit with the Chief Minister announcing that the commitments of
investments stood at Rs. 3,30,000 crore generating 2.5 lakh jobs.
The summit brings together leading
investors from across the world to interact with the political leadership,
government officials and local business leaders to discuss investment
opportunities in Rajasthan.
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said,
“Under the able stewardship of the Prime Minister, Shri
Narendra Modi, the Centre is nurturing an ecosystem of strong,
empowered States.”
Asserting that the Summit was not a
one-off event, she added, “We do not live in an economy but in a society. And
that is why the Rajasthan Model of Development rests on the triad of ‘Social
Justice’, ‘Effective Governance’ and ‘Job Creation’.”Chief Guest Arun Jaitley
commended the Vasundhara Raje Government’s successful efforts over the last two
years to rescue Rajasthan from a precarious state of public finance and noted
with satisfaction that the Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit was a
movement that marked a steady flow of investment into the State.
Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of
Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, said
thatRajasthan was the first State to achieve total convergence in the
implementation of the country’s new urban initiatives. It was also the
first state to signMoUs for promoting affordable housing projects with private
and public sector companies. The proposed investment expected from these
27 MoUs is Rs.12,478 crore and total direct employment benefit expected is
38,950 jobs in housing, health and medicare and education and institutional
sectors.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu revealed
that the State Government would enter into a joint venture with the Railways to
develop rail infrastructure in the State. He said 24 railway stations will be
developed in the State.
Union Minister for Chemicals and
Fertilizer, Ananth Kumar committed to set up projects worth Rs.10,000 crore.
These include a new campus of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical
Education and Research in Jhalawar, upgradation of the Central Institute of
Plastic Engineering and Technology at Jaipur, and setting up a Rs.5500-crore
project in Kota, marking the first investment in urea production in 20 years.
He also promised to set up a plastic park in Bhiwadi and a medical devices park
in the state subject to the availability of land.
Captains of industry including. Adi
Godrej, Mr. Cyrus Mistry, Mr. Anand Mahindra, Mr. Uday Kotak, Mr. Anil Ambani,
Mr. Anil Agarwal, Mr. Pawan Munjal and Kumar Mangalam Birla hailed the
State Government’s implementation of its reforms agenda and promotion of ease
of doing business. They spoke of their presence in Rajasthan and reaffirmed
their commitment to the State.
Mr. Anil Agarwal of Vedanta, which has
interests in zinc and crude in the State, had the potential of being “another
Australia and another Canada”.
Anil Ambani of ADAG Group said that
his conglomerate had decided to make Rajasthan its solar growth centre.
Singapore Home Minister K. Shanmugam
declared that Rajasthan was one of only two states in India that his country
had decided to partner in wideranging initiatives. Shanmugam also revealed
that Scoot, a group company of Singapore Airlines, would soon commence direct
flights between Jaipur and Singapore.
Complementing the Rajasthan Government
for an overwhelming response to the Resurgent Rajasthan Summit, Mr. Sumit
Mazumder, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) & Chairman
& Managing Director, TIL Limited said that the industry body
expected unprecedented investments to flow into Rajasthan in the next one year,
courtesy the State’s pro-industry initiatives, fiscal and non-fiscal incentives
and fast paced reforms aimed at enhancing transparency, ease of doing business,
streamlining the regulatory environment, and ensuring time bound clearances.
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