Kishan Patel, a resident of Shahjahanpur in Madhya Pradesh, was in the state capital Bhopal to participate in the Global Investor Summit. He is trying to sell his oranges directly for his 80-acre farm, while on the other hand, Piruz Khambata, chairman of Rasna, the country’s leading, orange-based drinks manufacturer, was also in Bhopal’s Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya during the Global Investor Summit to talk to state government officials about the supply of raw material for his company and land to set up a big plant. The two met and started talking about the matter.
This was just one incident that happened in this biggest event to promote the state’s economy. In this event, which attracts big investors of the country, the state has received investment proposals worth more than Rs 30.77 lakh crore in total. Which is a record in itself. The state government hopes that these proposals will provide direct and indirect employment to 21.40 lakh people. The companies that have signed an agreement with the state government to invest in the state include the country’s leading business group Adani, which is going to invest more than two lakh crore rupees in the state.
However, this record-breaking investment in the state is the result of the hard work of the Bharatiya Janata Party government over the last 15 years, which has made this BIMARU state the leading state of the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said in the inauguration of this summit that once this state used to struggle with potholed roads and lack of electricity, but now after the infrastructural development in the state, it is contributing greatly to the country’s economy.
Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav also said that now the industry is investing wholeheartedly in the state, we will not stop at just making an agreement for investment but will sit with the industries that have to invest in our state and work as soon as possible, so that this investment of Rs 30 lakh crore can be implemented in the state.
On this summit organized in the state, the country’s leading industrialist and Chairman of JK Tyre Raghupati Sanghania told the organiser that such events entice industrialists like us to invest in the state. We made the first investment in this state in 1938 and are now engaged in expanding it.
In fact, Madhya Pradesh is one of the best states in the country in terms of land and law and order. The farming here is famous all over the world. Sharbati and other wheat of this state are in demand all over the world. Now the farmers in the state are paying a lot of attention to the cultivation of oranges and the oranges here are going to the country and the world. Ratlam’s single bud garlic is so famous that former Prime Minister Morarji Desai used to eat only Ratlam garlic. Similarly, chillies from Nimar, potatoes from Malwa, onions, peas from Jabalpur, bananas from Burhanpur and soybean not only make India self-sufficient in terms of food, but also encourage the world to invest here.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said that the agricultural growth rate in India is five percent, which is the highest in the world. Similarly, we are the leading country in the world in terms of production of fruits and vegetables.
He said that horticulture production is increasing in Madhya Pradesh. If the farmer gets the right price for his produce and value addition is done in perishable crops, then this region will shine. It can become the world’s leading producer in food processing.
