Raipur, July 16 (HS). Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai has said that the state government will provide all possible support for the establishment of industries in the state. The government intends to establish new industries, do value addition work in Chhattisgarh and provide employment to local youth. Chief Minister Sai said these things on Tuesday at his residential office here while discussing the suggestions given by the Confederation of Indian Industry for the new industrial policy 2024-29.
During this, Chief Minister's Secretary P. Dayanand, CII Chhattisgarh State Council Chairman Ashish Saraf, Vice Chairman Sanjay Jain, Narendra Goyal, Anand Singhania, Ramesh Aggarwal, Pankaj Sarda and members of CII Chhattisgarh State Council were present. On this occasion, members of the Confederation of Indian Industry praised the single window system and the Chief Minister's efforts to promote industries for employment generation.
Chief Minister Shri Sai said that the state has abundant reserves of natural resources and precious minerals. Minor forest produce is available in abundance in the state. He said that whether it is minerals or minor forest produce, their value addition should be done in Chhattisgarh itself, so that the state gets its benefits. Shri Sai said that hundreds of MoUs have been signed in the last 5 years, but they have not been implemented. The state government intends to establish new industries here, so that local youth get employment.
Chief Minister Sai said that CII has given important suggestions regarding the new industrial policy, which will be sent to the state's Industry Minister and the policy making committee. He said that after studying all the suggestions, good suggestions will be included in the new industrial policy. The Chief Minister said that our successful Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conceptualized a developed India by 2047 and has set a target of making India the third largest economy of the world in the next 5 years. We will build a developed Chhattisgarh to achieve these goals. He said that on the occasion of State Foundation Day on 1 November, the new industrial policy and the vision document of developed Chhattisgarh will also be released.
During the discussion with the Chief Minister, the representatives of the Confederation of Indian Industry praised the single window system in Chhattisgarh. They requested the Chief Minister to also fix a time framework for the single window system. There is a lot of potential for value addition of minor forest produce, dairy industry, downstream industry in the steel industry. Chhattisgarh is a power surplus state, so data centers can be set up here as they use a large amount of electricity.
The members urged the Chief Minister to include the real estate industry in the new industrial policy. On this occasion, members of the Confederation of Indian Industry also presented their suggestions based on the new industrial policies.