"Rajasthan recognizes the role industry plays in fostering all-round development - it creates jobs and generates revenue to enable social sector spends," Vasundhara Raje, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, said in Delhi yesterday (August 6). She was addressing an investor meet organized by the Government of Rajasthan in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

During the event, several MoUs were signed between private companies and the government to set up industrial units in the state involving a total investment of Rs. 2,451.70 crore. The proposed industrial units are expected to generate approximately 7053 jobs and several thousand more indirect employment opportunities.

The Delhi roadshow is a part of a series of events being held across India and abroad to promote investment opportunities in Rajasthan ahead of the global Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit, slated to be held in Jaipur on November 19 and 20, 2015.

Asserting that industrial resurgence was not an end itself, the Chief Minister revealed that the theme of the Partner Summit was ‘Delivering Dreams, Sharing Prosperity'. The theme highlighted the fact that the overall focus of the State government was on last-mile delivery and prosperity for all.

"The core idea is to create an economy that works for everyone, in which every citizen has the chance to realize their dreams. We must recognise we do not live in an economy, but in a society. We must promote economic development in a manner that equal benefits accrue to investors as well as to our citizens," she added.

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