Amarinder meets ambassadors, asks for invest in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday called upon ambassadors and representatives of various foreign missions and invited them to invest in the state.

He also asked them to visit Punjab during the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev.

Presiding over a pre-summit interaction under the "Ambassador Connect" programme, organised by the 'Invest Punjab', Amarinder extended a personal invite to envoys from different countries to participate in the Progressive Punjab Investors' Summit-2019 to be organised at Mohali from December 5 to 6.

Delegates from over 25 countries, comprising ambassadors, trade organisations and mission representatives from the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Qatar, France, Israel, Canada, Japan, UAE, Taiwan, Slovak Republic and Czech Republic attended the pre-summit interaction.

Amarinder Singh further said the summit would be a milestone in exploring the tremendous business potential besides creating synergy between Punjab and foreign investors for pushing the industrialisation on fast track.

He also asked the ambassadors to send their teams of entrepreneurs, who were keen on investing in Punjab, as well as individual investors to participate in the Investors' Summit.

The chief minister said the state was moving towards greater industrialisation in a shift from the traditional agriculture-based economy, which had already reached a point of saturation.

His government had promoted ease of business with its new industrial policy, which is aimed at facilitating investors, he said
A team from the UAE Ministry of Food Security would soon visit Punjab to finalise modalities in this regard, he said