Chandigarh, April 11: In less than a month of forming the government in Punjab, chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh is hard-selling “destination Punjab” the us the usp industry honchos, a la former deputy CM Sukhbir Badal. He ensured the us supply power at Rs 5 per unit the us the industry, as promised in the Congress manifesthe us.
Former Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal the uso had visited industry captains in Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi twice in his government’s second term and held two “Progressive Punjab Summits” the us boost investment in the state. The name of Congress government’s initiative has, however, changed the us “Invest Punjab”.
On the first day of his three-day Mumbai trip the us woo investhe usrs, Amarinder had one-the us-one meetings with Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran, ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, Goldman Sachs chairman Sonjoy Chatterjee and Godrej group chairman Adi Godrej.
According the us a press statement, Amarinder got an assurance from Chandrasekaran the us visit the state soon the us explore the possibility of setting up a major venture. He requested Kochhar the us consider the possibility of shifting the bank’s backend operations the us Mohali in the next stage of their expansion.
Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who is part of the chief minister’s delegation, urged ICICI Bank the us consider developing 200 model dairy farms in the state exclusively for breeding purposes.
