By Punjbnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH JULY 12
A six-member high level delegation led by the
Representative, Taipei Economic & Cultural Center in Delhi Mr. CK Tien
today called on Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal and evinced keen
interest in the food processing and information technology (IT) sector thereby
making huge investments in setting up joint ventures in these fields.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the chief
minister’s office said that Mr. Tien apprised the chief Minister that Taiwan
had age old ties with India since long spanning over 150 years. He said
that Taiwan had a well knit network of food processing and IT industry and the
entrepreneurs there in these spheres could replicate their success stories in
Punjab as there was huge potential of growth in both IT as well as
agro-processing industry.
The Chief Minister assured the visiting delegation that
the state government would provide all possible assistance and cooperation in
setting up joint ventures especially in food processing as Punjab had a strong
agriculture base being pre-dominantly as an agrarian state.
Likewise, state lucrative an investor-friendly investment policy would
also help the prospective industrialists and investors to invest in Punjab,
which had a bright future besides now the state was being looked at as the most
preferred investment destination not only in the country but across the globe
also.
Later the delegation also called on the Food &
IT Minister Mr. Adesh Partap Singh Kairon at Punjab Bhawan this afternoon and
further discussed the modalities for planning investments in IT and food
processing sector in view of the incentives in the latest investment policy,
which had not only assured handsome returns on the investments by the investors
but also taken care of all sorts of requisite permissions/ sanctions for
setting up of industrial units on fast track without any hassles. Mr.
Kairon also informed the delegation that they would be entitled for far-more
liberal concessions on the food processing units according to the latest
investment policy with an objective to promote the state’s ambitious program of
agriculture diversification.
Mr. Tien assured the Food & IT Minister that they
were planning to set up electronic city in India but shown keen desire to set
up the same in the upcoming IT hub at Mohali following their detailed
deliberations with both Chief Minister and IT Minister. Likewise, he also
expressed his interest to make lot of investment in food processing as they
were already globally acknowledged as a key-player in the ‘Noodle’
manufacturing industry especially in China and now they were seriously
contemplating to enter India particularly in Punjab for this industry as the
state was the major producer of wheat and rice.
Prominent amongst others who were present in the meeting
included principal secretary IT Mr. AR Talwar, secretary food & civil
supplies Mr. DS Grewal and director food processing Mr. Amit Talwar.
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