Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was in Delhi Tuesday to meet 36 foreign dignitaries in the run-up to the Advantage Assam 2.0 Summit to be held on February 25 and 26, said his aim behind holding the event was to take them to the state and ask them where and in what sector they wanted to invest in.
바카라From semi-conductor industry to tourism, everything was discussed. For us it will be a big opportunity to showcase Assam,바카라 Sarma said. He said President , Prime Minister , Finance Minister and Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar will be present during the summit.
While promising green power to investors in Assam, he refrained from pointing out priority sectors, saying, 바카라We are not in a position to tell investors to choose this or that sector. I am바카라allowing them to choose where to invest.바카라 He said Assam is a great destination for a possible defence corridor, as demand for the same is there. 바카라I want the third largest defence corridor there, after and . More than half the ammunition of the defence forces is in the Northeast. Where there is demand, there should also be local supply,바카라 he said.
Asked whether strategic partnerships with foreign investors were his priority, Sarma said he wasn바카라t looking at it right now in view of the situation in Bangladesh and Myanmar, and its consequent implications.
In his keynote address to ambassadors, High Commissioners of , , European and other countries, industry captains and other stakeholders, Sarma said, 바카라Assam has been making rapid progress in infrastructure, health, education and other sectors in the past 10 years.바카라 He said new infrastructure projects were coming up in the state, including three new bridges over the Brahmaputra, a satellite city around with the help of the Singapore government and a railway line from Guwahati to Gelephu, Bhutan. He said, 바카라Assam is one of the strongest growth engines of the country, growing at a rate of 12.5%.바카라 He said the government would create a corpus fund for production-linked incentive of `25,000 crore for ushering in rapid industrialization in the state. Assam was actively engaged in discussions with the Ministry of Defence for declaration of the adjoining areas of Guwahati towards Nagaon as defence corridor. Sarma urged diplomats to come to Assam on February 24 to witness the Jhumur dance to be performed by 8,000 dancers 바카라 an event where PM Modi would also be present.
