Khattar in Chennai, woos entrepreneurs to invest in Haryana

Promising to expand their base in Haryana, several leading companies from South India have offered investment proposals to the tune of Rs 3000 crore for the State. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced this at a press conference after having one-to-one meeting with entrepreneurs in the city on Wednesday. 

Khattar said the State government would soon unveil its new Labour and IT policies to give further boost to industrial sector as well as provide employability to the youth in the State. The new Labour Policy would be more industrial and labour friendly, he added. 

He said that a Skill Development University is also being set up in the State and it has also been decided to constitute an Economic Advisory Council, which would have CEOs and founders of the companies set up in Haryana as its members. 

The State Government has also set up Haryana Skill Development Mission for skill development of the youth. The Central Government has notified Gurgaon, Manesar, Bawal area and Panchkula as well as Barwala as Brown Field Cluster.  

Mr Khattar said the Chief Executive Officers and Business Captains of 12 leading companies of South India met him and expressed their keen interest in establishing their units in the State in the sectors of logistic, manufacturing, food processing, infrastructure, glass industry and education. 

The prominent among these included Gati Limited, Siemens Industry Software Limited, LUKAS TVS Limited, Saint Gobain India, SCHWING Stetter (India) Private Limited and Farm Fresh Banana. 

In January, Khattar led an official and business delegation to Japan and China to invite foreign direct investment for the state. 

The CEOs and top officials of companies, including Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India, Marubeni Corporation; JETRO; SMBC Nikko Securities; Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, and NIDEC were appreciative of the Japanese call centre that was launched by Khattar on January 15, two days before his visit to Japan.