Rajasthan chief secretary Sudhansh Pant has assigned tasks to all concerned secretaries and department heads for the success of Rising Rajasthan, a mega investor summit which prime is to change the industrial face of Rajasthan.
“Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit 2024 is the priority decided by Hon'ble Chief Minister and making it successful is the responsibility of all the departments. Several new and next-generation investor friendly policies are in offing. Therefore, all the concerned departmental secretaries and heads are requested to finalise them at the earliest,” he told all department heads during the review of the preparation of Rising Rajasthan to be held from 9-11 December 2024.
Senior IAS officers Akhil Arora, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Finance, Aparna Arora, ACS Forest and Environment, Alok, ACS Energy, Shubhra Singh, ACS Medical and Health, Ajitabh Sharma, Principal Secretary Industries and departmental heads and secretaries of other concerned departments were present during the review meeting.
Pant asked the departments to examine and expand the list of feasible investable projects in prominent sectors such as renewables, energy generation, education, mining, infrastructure etc. quickly and shared the learnings during his recent visits to Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh to understand their models of seeking investments in these two states.
Uttar Pradesh held its three-day summit – UP Global Investors Summit – on 10-12 February 2023. The summit attracted a total investment of Rs 33.50 lakh crore through 18,643 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs).
The Gujarat government held its 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit concluded on 10-12 January this year. The summit attracted a total investment of Rs 26.33 lakh crore through 41,299 MoUs.
Rajasthan government is aiming to bring investments to focus sectors such as agriculture, Renewable, Education and Skilling, Auto and EV, Infrastructure, Chemical and Petro-chemical, Tourism, Startups, Mining ESDM/IT and ITeS, Textiles and Apparels and others.
Rajasthan is ready for the Rising Rajasthan roadshows
Ajitabh Sharma, principal secretary industries and key official for Rising Rajasthan apprised chief secretary and other senior officials present in the review meeting about the preparations and readiness for the summit.
That included the roadmap prepared for successfully organising the investment summit, upcoming roadshows for inviting the investors, corporates and international institutions for making investments in the state, pre-summits, as well as the theme, venue, programme schedule and speakers for the main summit.
“We will hold a series of roadshows across leading business cities in the country and the world to highlight the investment potential of the state on a global stage. This commences from Mumbai where the first roadshow will be organised on August 30, 2024,” Sharma informed.
He said that within two weeks of the announcement of the mega summit, investment proposals worth ₹ 5.21 lakh Crore have already been received by Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP) – the nodal department for organising the investment summit, which is a first for the state.
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