Reiterating his resolve to take Madhya Pradesh on the path of
progress and development, Chouhan said that the Madhya Pradesh
government will have an integrated industrial township constructed
for non-resident Indians between Bhopal and Indore. He informed that
there are about 700 water bodies in the state which will be
developed from the point of view of tourism. There are several water
bodies, especially in Indira Sagar reservoir.
While inviting NRIs to Madhya Pradesh, Chouhan citied a couplet
meaning thereby 'Sons of India are all alike. Invest or not, but do
come to Madhya Pradesh'.
Earlier, Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Vikas Nigam
Praveen Garg informed the NRIs about the facilities being given to
non-resident Indian investors through an audio-visual presentation.
Industries Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya threw light on industrial
development in the state during the last five years. He said that
under the leadership of Chief Minister Chouhan Madhya Pradesh has
garnered investments to the tune of Rs. 10,000 crore. An amount of
Rs. 1.5 lakh crore investment has been made in energy sector. He
said that Madhya Pradesh will become a power-surplus state in years
to come.
At the inter-active session, Padam Khanna of America expressed the
wish to establish IPL franchisee and a state-of-the-art stadium and
sought 100 acre land for it near Bhopal, Indore and Gwalior. He is
ready to invest about $ 250 million for this. Amit of Ratlam
district expressed the desire to invest in higher and technical
education sectors. J Goyal and Sanjay Goyal of USA, Mohan Jain of
Chicago also wished to invest in these sectors. NRI JN Gupta talked
of investing in e-learning and e-meditation. Doss of Norway
expressed concern on dwindling number of tigers and talked about a
new scheme for tiger protection and conservation. Suresh Chandra
Shukla, also from Norway, expressed the desire to set up a power
plant in Madhya Pradesh. All these NRIs expressed the hope that
Madhya Pradesh Government will extend all possible help to them in
their endeavours.
Chouhan promised to extend all possible help to non-resident Indians
and invited them to come to Bhopal on January 12. State's Chief
Secretary Rakesh Sahni, Principal Secretary Food Processing Anil
Shrivastava and other higher officers of Madhya Pradesh were also
present at the session.
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