Investors summit: Kanpur Dehat gets investment proposals worth ₹17K cr

Kanpur: Kanpur Dehat has received investment proposals worth Rs 17,000 crore in the investors summit held in the district on Monday.On the occasion, minister for micro, small and medium enterprises, khadi and village industries, silk industry, handloom and textile industry, Rakesh Sachan appreciated the efforts going on in the district and also said that there are favourable atmosphere of industry in Kanpur Dehat, where land is available easily that too at cheaper rates. “There are immense possibilities of investment in food processing, logistics, warehousing, electronic vehicles and tourism. Kanpur Dehat is also developing as a plastic cluster under the ODOP programme, the cluster produces a large amount of plastic recycled products,” he said.He apprised all the entrepreneurs of the district about the various schemes and new industrial policies run by the department. He invited them to invest in Kanpur Dehat and held a detailed discussion regarding the efforts of the Chief Minister’s Global Investor Summit programme and road show.He also invited all the investors at the Global Investor Summit to be held in Lucknow from 10 to 12 February. Sachan also honoured all the entrepreneurs with the shield and citation of the Kanpur Dehat Investor Summit.Following are the entrepreneurs who proposed the most during the summit, Sparsh Industries - 2,000 crore, Captain Steel India Rs 1,650 crore, Ramky InfraStructure Rs 1,500 crore, HL Aggro Rs 550 crore, Kanpur Edible Peacock Rs 500 crore, Kanpur PlastiPack Rs 300 crore and Rs 200 crore investment proposal filed by RSPL Group. On this occasion, stalls were also inspected by the minister. More than 400 entrepreneurs were present on this occasion. Kanpur Dehat district magistrate Neha Jain said, “Nearly 164 investment proposals worth Rs 17,000 crore have been received. With this, more than 70, 000 people will get direct and indirect employment.”Joint commissioner industries Sarveshwar Shukla made a brief presentation of all new policies related to industries. Shukla said that Kanpur Dehat is an emerging district for industrial environment, there are immense possibilities of development of industries in this district. He appealed to the entrepreneurs to develop new MSME private parks.HBTU’s assistant professor Soma Banerjee also expressed her views on possibilities of investment in the ODOP product plastic sector of Kanpur Dehat and alternatives to single use plastic.Rajeev Sharma, chairman of IIA Kanpur Dehat, praised the district administration for the grand organization of the program, as well as thanked the DM for this special initiative.Entrepreneur Vijay Aggarwal thanked the Kanpur Dehat administration for the fact that in the district, the problems of entrepreneurs are solved quickly, that is why there is maximum potential for industrialization here. Entrepreneur Hardeep Rakhra also presented his views on this occasion and emphasized on maximum industrialization in the district. PIA President Manoj Banka highly praised the theme song of the district on this occasion. Jain said, “We have to put the district on a new path of development, we will make an important contribution in fulfilling the $1 trillion (Rs 80 lakh crore) economy target of the chief minister for the state. We assure that maximum conversion of the investments received here will be seen in this district.”