After making strong pitch for investment in Rajasthan across Japan, South Korea, Mumbai and Delhi, principal secretary industry Ajitabh Sharma is back to the drawing board.
After all the promises, pledges Rajasthan government has made before the prospective investors in road shows, now it's the time to set up a strong foundation on which the castle of investment can be built. Ajitabh Sharma is doing exactly the same.
Over the last few weeks, people have seen Ajitabh Sharma, in a corporate czar look, pushing hard advantages of investing in Rajasthan through power point presentations. Now he has changed his avatar and is playing the role of a policy maker putting his reading glasses on.
Sharma is busy giving final touches to policies which can facilitate the investment in the state. There are as many as 20 policies in the making apart from Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS) – which is already out of the stable.
Eye-popping policies in the offing
The policies which are drawing interest among investors are – logistics policy, export promotion policy, integrated renewable policy, data centre policy, private industrial park policy, land aggregation policy, industrial policy, MSME policy and electrical vehicle policy among others.
“The ground is set. We have already got investment commitment of Rs 12.55 lakh crore. We expect to cross the magical figure of Rs 20 lakh crore this time. For that there has to be investor friendly policies and conducive business environment for the pull effect. Pushing merely through marketing will not help the cause,” said a senior industries department official assisting Ajitabh Sharma in finalising the policies.
The roadshows and promotional meets are also in the final rounds. After staging roadshows and business meets in Japan, South, Qatar, Dubai, UAE, Italy, Delhi, Mumbai and Singapore, a high level delegation led by chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma is going to London and Munich. On domestic front, the final destination would be Hyderabad.
Prakash Bhandari is a veteran journalist with over 50 years of experience. He has worked with The Times of India for 30 years and contributed to leading publications as well as international news agency AFP.
