State to focus on sector specific industries in different regions

INDORE: The Madhya Pradesh government will hold national seminars on investments in the major cities of the state namely - Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior from next month. This is being done as a prelude to the global investors' meet scheduled for October this year.
Soon after the seminars the state will hold road shows in the major metros of the country and abroad in a bid to sell the state as hot investment destination.The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is assisting the state in the organizing of the meet
The national seminar will be region-specific as the focus in Jabalpur will be on industries interested in mining while in Indore the focus will be on Information Technology, health, tourism and textiles. In Bhopal, the automobile and engineering sectors will be the focus area while for Gwalior, the seminar would focus on agriculture, food processing, small and medium industries.
The Chief Secretary Avani Vaish in a meeting decided that the focus area of the 2012 investors summit would be industries related to mining, agriculture and food processing, pharma, tourism, health, textile, infrastructure development, engineering and automobile, IT and SMEs. On the suggestion made by the chief secretary, it was decided that the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) would also be made a part of the investors' summit.
"Since a major section of the DMIC is passing close to Madhya Pradesh (38% of the DMIC is passing through Gujarat), there are ample possibilities of investments in these areas," said P K Dash, principal secretary (industries).
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Industry Minister Kailash Viajyvargiya will also participate in some of the road shows.
It may be noted that in 2007, a similar investment summit was held in Indore in which 96 MoUs worth Rs 1.20 lakh crore were signed.