Hooda’s visit brings in impressive investment

Haryana’s Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s visit to USA and Canada has invited Rs 3750 crore investment from these countries. The delegation led by him visited USA, Canada and Germany from October 8 to 20, 2007.

One of the highlights of the fruitful visit has been the interest evinced
by Spectrum International LLC, a U.S. based company owned by an NRI which
has announced a whopping investment of Rs 2000 crore to be made in the
state in food preservation and processing industries.

The CM informed that the prime objective of the visit was to promote
Haryana as an ideal destination for investment. The delegation also
had one to one meetings with the small and medium enterprises and high
end technology companies based at USA and Canada.

The forthcoming response
also necessitated appointing the financial commissioner and principal
secretary industries, Haryana, P K Choudhery as a nodal officer to deal
and coordinate with the NRIs looking at investment in Haryana.

Haryana today ranks number one in per capita income, per capita investment
and fiscal management and the CM is keenly looking forward to make it
number one state in the country in all the spheres, for which he seeks
assistance of the people of the state.

In a development that can bring in sweeping changes in skill upgradation,
he recounted his meeting with Rosann Wowchuck Deputy Prime Minister,
Province of Manitoba, Canada. Their discussion led to a decision on
exchange of scientists, engineers, doctors and farmers in the mutual
exchange programme for training and upgradation of skills and for immigration.

Hooda also informed about his meeting with some of the prominent investment
bankers in New York where a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed
between Montgomery College and the state of Haryana. The MOU is a response
by Montgomery College to a request for assistance in workforce creation
and development from the government of the state of Haryana.