Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that every state in the country is competing to attract business and investment. He added that the rise in the competition will help the industry to grow better at the global level.
“Earlier, investor’s summit like these used to happen in just few cities in the country. The situation has changed today. Every state today is competing to attract business and investment,” PM Modi said while addressing business delegates and investors, comprising foreign nationals at Himachal Pradesh’s first two-day Global Investor Summit in Dharamshala.
The Prime Minister said “a positive competition could be seen among the states”.“The governments are taking initiatives and are removing unimportant mechanisms. The rise in this competition will help our industry grow better at the global level” he added.
Emphasizing that lot of the state remains unexplored even today and that it has lot of potential, PM Modi said, “We need to think how unique properties of every district need to be explored and presented to the globe.”
“Himachal is fulfilling every requirement for business. It delivers peace and a society that accepts diversity,” he said, indirectly hinting the entrepreneurs to invest in the state.
Hailing Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur for bringing policies to attract investments, PM Modi said the massive jump in ease-of-doing ranking for India isn’t just a statistical change but a revolution in the way business is done in India.
“It is a major revolution for industry in India. It means our government is taking decisions that have helped the industrial grassroots mechanism get better.”
“We are adding new layers annually, making it more flexible and better.”
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said ,The investor’s summit ,Rising Himachal, aims to attract investment in the agri-business, food processing and post-harvest technology, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, tourism, hospitality and civil aviation, hydro and renewable energy, among others, sectors.
He said the public infrastructure fund of Rs 5 lakh crore would be used in the next five years and this would also benefit Himachal Pradesh.