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News Flash Posted On Saturday, January 09, 2010 | By Our Staff Reporter
Bhopal, Jan 9:
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, during the interactive session of 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (Non Resident Indian Day) conference at Delhi today, has announced constitution of an NRI Cell in Madhya Pradesh. This cell will be under the Chief Minister's Secretariat and he himself will undertake its monitoring. This cell will be established with the express purpose of early solution to NRI investors' problems, he added.
Reiterating his resolve to take Madhya Pradesh on the path of progress and development, the Chief Minister said that the State government would have an integrated industrial township constructed for non-resident Indians between Bhopal and Indore. There are about 700 water bodies in the state, which will be developed from the point of view of tourism, he added.
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 MP Audyogik Vikas Nigam Praveen Garg informed the NRIs about the facilities being given to them through an audio-visual presentation.
Industry Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya shed light on industrial development in the state during the last five years. He said that the State has garnered investments to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore. Rs 1.5 lakh crore investment has been made in energy sector. MP will become a power-surplus state in years to come, he added.
Padam Khanna from US 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 from USA, Mohan Jain from 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.
The Chief Minister promised to extend all possible help to NRIs and invited them to come to Bhopal on January 12. Chief Secretary Rakesh Sahni, Principal Secretary Food Processing Anil Shrivastava, managing director of Audyogik Vikas Nigam Praveen Garg and other senior officers of the State were also present at the session.
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