SME Times News Bureau | 20 Feb, 2018
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate two–day Uttar Pradesh
Investors’ Summit 2018 in Lucknow on
Wednesday.
An
official release said that while the PM will inaugurate the
Investors’ Summit 2018 on February 21, President Ram NathKovind
will be present at the closing ceremony.
Several
Union Ministers including Rajnath Singh, ArunJaitley, Nirmala
Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Suresh Prabhu, Smt. SmritiIrani, Ravi
Shankar Prasad, Harsh Vardhan, V K Singh, Dharmendra Pradhan will
attend the summit and chair individual sessions to attract
investment for the state.
The
event has been organized by Uttar Pradesh Government to showcase the
investment opportunities and potential in the state.
It
will provide a global platform, to bring together ministers, leaders
from the corporate world, senior policy makers, heads of
international institutions and academia from around the world to
further the cause of economic development in the state and promote
cooperation.
Seven
nations– Finland, Netherlands, Japan, Czech Republic, Thailand,
Slovakia and Mauritius have been identified as country partners for
the event. Several memorandums of understandings (MoUs) are expected
to be signed during the summit.
The
event comes in the backdrop of Prime Minister’s clarion call to the
states to engage in the spirit of co-operative and competitive
federalism for all round development of states showcasing their
potential and attracting investors.
In
keeping up with his promise and commitment, the Prime Minister
inaugurated Global Investors summit in Guwahati on February 4 and
Magnetic Maharashtra on February 18.