Building up the momentum for the upcoming ‘Rising Rajasthan' Global Investment Summit 2024, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma will lead the Delhi-leg of the investors' meet and outreach programme, which is spread over two days – 30th September and 1st October – at New Delhi.
The two-dayinvestor roadshow and outreach will also be attended by Industry and Commerce Minister Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, Chief Secretary Sudhansh Pant, Principal Secretary (Industries) Ajitabh Sharma and other senior officials of the state government.
The Delhi investors' meet and one-on-one meetings of Chief Minister-led Rajasthan Government delegation with the CEOs of select business groups will be held on day one of this outreach programme. The state government's delegation shall participate in two other programmes – CPSEs Conclave and Ambassadors' Roundtable – on the second day, to network with the business leaders from public and private sectors and seek help of diplomats of different countries to attract foreign investment in the state.
Seeking foreign investment
During the Ambassadors' Roundtable, the Government of Rajasthan delegation members will apprise the ambassadors and diplomats of different countries about the instrumental policy changes being ushered in by the government and series of fiscal/non-fiscal incentives across sectors that are being offered to the investors.
The ambassadors/diplomats of several leading countries, including that of the U.S.A, the UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, South Korea, Australia, the UAE, Denmark, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Qatar, South Africa etc. have been invited to attend the event.
Tapping PSUs
Earlier, on the same day, CM-led delegation will participate in the Central PSEs' roundtable and interact with the Chairman and other senior officials of the Central-government owned Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and invite them to work on new projects in the state or explore further collaboration opportunities.
A large number of CPSEs such as HPCL, NHAI, NTPC, GAIL and DMRC etc. already operate across sectors in the state. Chief Minister-led delegation will impress upon the officials of the CPSEs about new avenues and nodes of growth in the state across sectors like Agriculture, Renewable, Education and Skilling, Auto and EV, Infrastructure, Chemical and Petro-chemical, Tourism, Startups, Mining and ESDM/IT and IteS among others.
A number of high-level investors meets, and one-on-one business meetings have been organised in last one month at Mumbai, Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo and Osaka in Japan, Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE, and Doha (Qatar), so as to attract investor attention, connect with the business community around the world and apprise them of the investor-friendly policies and opportunities available in the state.
The state government had signed investment proposals (MoUs) worth over INR 4.5 lakh crore during the Mumbai investors' meet, which was held on August 30, 2024.
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