Chennai:
Tamil Nadu has an advantage over Rajasthan as it has large number of
engineering colleges as well as dedicated port, according to Rajasthan
Industries Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar.
Khimsar is heading a delegation to woo Tamil Nadu-based companies to
expand operations in Rajasthan during a roadshow here on Thursday to
promote Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit to be held in Jaipur on
November 19-20.
Addressing reporters along with Industries secretary and managing
director of Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment
Cooperation, Veenu Gupta and PWD secretary D B Gupta, the minister
said that the biggest challenge before Rajasthan in wooing investment
is that the state is a land-locked one.
Setting his eye on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the minister
hoped that it would help address the shortcoming. “Initially it takes
three to four days. With the frieght corridor being set up it will
take only 20 hours to transfer it to port,” Khimsar said.
Industries secretary and managing director of Rajasthan State
Industrial Development and Investment Cooperation, Veenu Gupta said
that the other challenge Rajasthan is facing is the shortage of
skilled workforce unlike Tamil Nadu which has a large number of
engineering colleges.
“Southern Indian states are more progressive. They have large number
of private engineering colleges. Now Rajasthan is catching up and we
have around 500 technical institutions,” she said.
She said that Tamil Nadu is a advanced industrial state and is a
manufacturing hub for electronic hardware, consumer durables and
automobiles. “We wish to explore the possible economic synergies
between Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu,” she said.
“We are looking at healthcare, renewable energy, automobile,
pharmacies and health care,” Gupta said.
To a query on Rajasthan seeking the cooperation of the migrant
prosperous Rajasthani community in Tamil Nadu for Rajasthan
Partnership Summit, the minister said that he will be having a
separate meeting with the community.
He also said that the Resurgent Rajasthan summit was a brainchild of
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia in 2007. It has been revived
now and we are keen to generate jobs in the state and attract
investments, he said.
Interestingly, Rajasthan is looking at linking its airport to
Singapore and Bangkok besides other domestic airports. Rajasthan is
also looking at reducing the timeline to acquire land, Veenu said.
Tamil Nadu has an advantage over Rajasthan as it has large number of
engineering colleges as well as dedicated port, according to Rajasthan
Industries Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar.
Khimsar is heading a delegation to woo Tamil Nadu-based companies to
expand operations in Rajasthan during a roadshow here on Thursday to
promote Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit to be held in Jaipur on
November 19-20.
Addressing reporters along with Industries secretary and managing
director of Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment
Cooperation, Veenu Gupta and PWD secretary D B Gupta, the minister
said that the biggest challenge before Rajasthan in wooing investment
is that the state is a land-locked one.
Setting his eye on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the minister
hoped that it would help address the shortcoming. “Initially it takes
three to four days. With the frieght corridor being set up it will
take only 20 hours to transfer it to port,” Khimsar said.
Industries secretary and managing director of Rajasthan State
Industrial Development and Investment Cooperation, Veenu Gupta said
that the other challenge Rajasthan is facing is the shortage of
skilled workforce unlike Tamil Nadu which has a large number of
engineering colleges.
“Southern Indian states are more progressive. They have large number
of private engineering colleges. Now Rajasthan is catching up and we
have around 500 technical institutions,” she said.
She said that Tamil Nadu is a advanced industrial state and is a
manufacturing hub for electronic hardware, consumer durables and
automobiles. “We wish to explore the possible economic synergies
between Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu,” she said.
“We are looking at healthcare, renewable energy, automobile,
pharmacies and health care,” Gupta said.
To a query on Rajasthan seeking the cooperation of the migrant
prosperous Rajasthani community in Tamil Nadu for Rajasthan
Partnership Summit, the minister said that he will be having a
separate meeting with the community.
He also said that the Resurgent Rajasthan summit was a brainchild of
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia in 2007. It has been revived
now and we are keen to generate jobs in the state and attract
investments, he said.
Interestingly, Rajasthan is looking at linking its airport to
Singapore and Bangkok besides other domestic airports. Rajasthan is
also looking at reducing the timeline to acquire land, Veenu said.
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