“Rajasthan will become a $350 billion economy in five years,” said Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma during his address at inaugural session of The Economic Times Rajasthan Business Summit, at Jaipur’s Marriott hotel, on September 6.
The Chief Minister was the chief guest at the conclave. Jhabar Singh Kharra, Urban Development, Government of Rajasthan, Sanjay Swarup, Chairman & Managing Director, Container Corporation of India Ltd, Ajay Kapur, CEO – Cement Business, Adani Group, Lokesh Lohiya, Head – State Governments & PSUs, Google Cloud India, Ajitabh Sharma, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Government of Rajasthan, Amit Kumar Gupta, Business Head, The Economic Times Verticals, and Kartik Sharma, Deputy Editor, ETGovernment, The Economic Times, were present on the dias along with the Chief Minister during the inaugural session.
“Rajasthan is full of opportunities for growth — from the digital sector to traditional industry, from petroleum resources and minerals to energy generation. This state is going to play a major role in the achievement of the Prime Minister’s vision of making the country fully developed by 2047,” Sharma said.
“Environmentally sustainable energy, digital governance and industrial development are the priorities for Rajasthan,” the CM said.
“The journey towards a ‘Viksit Rajasthan’ is pivotal to achieve the goal of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ @ 2047. Rajasthan is brimming with immense potential, rich natural resources, skilled talent, boundless opportunities. I invite the investor community, corporates and institutions to our beautiful state and capitalize the momentum.”
Briefly mentioning the Rising Rajasthan Investment Summit, which the Rajasthan government is organising on the 9, 10 and 11 of December 2024 at Jaipur, the Chief Minister said that along with signing MoUs with leading industrialists, he was also keen to see to it that the industrial projects got implemented quickly for the state’s overall development and creation of jobs for the youth.
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma also informed that his government is sending delegations to advanced countries to reach out to the investors and industrialists to convince them to attend the Rising Rajasthan Summit and become part of the state’s growth story. He said that at the recently organized roadshow in Mumbai, MoUs of Rs. 4.5 lakh crore were signed.
The Chief Minister said that recently a film producer told him that Rajasthan was in need of a film city. “My government did not take months or days to identify the land for the new film city. We identified the land in a matter of hours,” he said, indicating the speed at which his government was working to facilitate development in the state.
He pointed out that Rajasthan was India’s largest state in terms of geographical area, and it was also rich in natural resources like gold, iron, petroleum, minerals, uranium and lithium. The state is also an important center for the production of spices, grains and other items.
He thanked The Economic Times for organising the summit. He said that this kind of Summit will give a boost to Rajasthan’s image as a favored investment destination. I hope that this Summit will inspire industry, media and the intellectual community to look at the state as a favored investment destination.
Jhabar Singh Kharra, Urban Development, Government of Rajasthan, said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, a conducive investment climate had been created in Rajasthan. Large number of investors, industrialists, academics and activists are attending the two day Rajasthan Business Summit. An expo, featuring the latest technologies of the participating companies, has been organised on the sidelines of the Summit.
