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SME Times News Bureau | 07 Nov, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said every state in India is competing to attract business and investment.

"Earlier, investors' summit like these used to happen in just few cities in the country. The situation has changed today. Every state today is competing to attract business and investment," donning Himachali cap Modi told a galaxy of business delegates and investors, comprising foreign nationals at Himachal Pradesh's first two-day Global Investor Summit here.

In his over half-an-hour speech in Hindi, the Prime Minister said "a positive competition could be seen among the states".

"The governments are taking initiatives and are removing unimportant mechanisms. The rise in this competition will help our industry grow better at the global level," he said.

Hailing Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur for bringing policies to attract investments, Modi said the massive jump in ease-of-doing ranking for India isn't just a statistical change but a revolution in the way business is done in India.

"It is a major revolution for industry in India. It means our government is taking decisions that have helped the industrial grassroots mechanism get better."

"We are adding new layers annually, making it more flexible and better."

Asking Himachal to take a leaf from another mountainous state Sikkim in exploring organic farming, whose Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang was those sharing the dais, the Prime Minister said there is probably no company in the pharmacy industry that doesn't produce its medicines in Himachal already.

Eyeing a lot of opportunities in Himachal and a lot remains untapped even today, Modi said, "We need to think how unique properties of every district need to be explored and presented to the globe."

"Today, tourism is being promoted as a package in India. From nature, adventure, spiritual, medical or eco, all types of tourism are being given equal weightage. Himachal is full of opportunities and potential," Modi, who proudly says Himachal is his second home, said.

"I am not a guest in Himachal Pradesh, I am a Himachali. I am the host of this summit."

He said the public infrastructure fund of Rs 5 lakh crore would be used in the next five years and this would also benefit Himachal Pradesh.

"Himachal is fulfilling every requirement for business. It delivers peace and a society that accepts diversity," he said, indirectly hinting the entrepreneurs to invest in the state.

National and international business delegates arrived at Dharamsala on Wednesday for the summit that will see participating of Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal along with other industry and foreign investors.

The investors' summit -- Rising Himachal -- aims to attract investment in the agri-business, food processing and post-harvest technology, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, tourism, hospitality and civil aviation, hydro and renewable energy, among others, sectors, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said.

 
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