Excelsior Correspondent
UTTARAKHAND, Sept 6: Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the logo and website of Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit.
While launching the logo and website of the summit in a program organized in Dehradun, the Chief Minister said that this time an investment target of Rs 2 lakh 50 thousand crore has been set in the Investors Summit and the State Government is in constant touch with the industry and major industrial organizations.
Dhami said that the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit is going to be held in Dehradun in the month of December and Government has intensified preparations for the same. He said, “Reforms have been made in MSME policy, service sector policy, logistics policy, solar policy, etc and new policies have also been implemented. Twenty-seven policies have been promulgated for different sectors. A land bank of 6000 acres has also been prepared in the State”.
The Chief Minister said that there is a lot of enthusiasm among the industrialists due to the favorable environment for industries and investment in the State. Along with being a destination of peace and tourism, Uttarakhand has also become a major investment destination. He said in the Export Preparedness Index released by NITI Aayog, Uttarakhand ranks first among the Himalayan states while it ranks 9th in the country as a whole.
Chief Secretary Dr SS Sandhu said that the specialties of Uttarakhand have been displayed in the logo of Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit. He said the State Government is focusing on tourism, yoga, wellness, service sector, agriculture and horticulture. Investment is important to remove unemployment and poverty in the State. A new policy has also been made for the service sector which contributes 40 percent to the State’s GDP.
“An online single window clearance portal www.investuttarakhand.uk.gov.in has been created in the State to provide required approval/ permission/approval to investors for setting up industries,” he added.
Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Secretary Vinay Shankar Pandey, MLA Durgeshwar Lal, Secretary Shailesh Bagoli, Director General Industries Rohit Meena, Director General Information Banshidhar Tiwari and other officers were also present.