The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) are jointly organising the 19th edition of the Partnership Summit from 27 to 29 January 2013. Uttar Pradesh is the Partner State at CII Partnership Summit 2013, which is being held for the first time in Agra- the city of the magnificent Taj Mahal. The theme of this year’s summit is ‘Global Partnerships for Enduring Growth’.
Briefing the media at a Press Conference organized at Lucknow today, Mr Kiron Chopra, Past Chairman, CII UP State Council said “this year`s CII Partnership Summit 2013 will be an exclusive platform where Uttar Pradesh will be promoted as a potential investment and tourism destination. The deliberations at the Summit will also examine the vital links that will spark the next phase of global growth and it will also discuss how trade and investment opportunities are emerging in a rapidly changing global scenario that can lead to globalization and inclusive growth in countries”.
He added that another key highlight of the summit will be business delegations from all over the world including Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Bhutan, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Netherland, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Spain and USA to name a few.
Speaking on U.P. specific sessions scheduled at the CII Partnership Summit 2013, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) of U.P., Anil Kumar Gupta said that Interactions at this high level networking platform would focus on detailed and direct dialogue with global as well as Indian industrial and business delegations on ways to enable sustained growth for integrated socio-economic development. A high level U.P. government delegation comprising of Chief Secretary and principal secretaries of key departments will participate actively in this summit. Eighty three overseas business delegations have already confirmed their participation at CII Partnership Summit 2013.
IIDC informed, “Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Akhilesh Yadav will himself lead the launch by chairing the special session on “Uttar Pradesh – The land of opportunities” planned on January 28th during Day-2 of CII Partnership Summit 2013, Chief Minister is expected to unveil various industry and investment-friendly policies as a package during this summit.”
“The take off point for UP has arrived and CII Partnership Summit 2013 will be an excellent opportunity to apprise the participating global leaders, investors, businesspersons and policy makers about new enterprise and economy enabling policies ushered in by Government of Uttar Pradesh recently. The Summit would facilitate in increasing investments in the state; till now the actual investment in the state has been of Rs. 10,000 crores, these cover investments in dairy, food processing, petroleum, petro chemicals, leather and steel” IIDC added.
Speaking on the upcoming premier infrastructure and industrial projects in Uttar Pradesh, IIDC informed Mega leather clusters at Kanpur and Sandila have already gone for approval from Government of India. Amul Dairy is also coming to various parts of UP and being provided full support. To boost the hotel and tourism industry the government is also looking at developing a theme park at Agra with considerable financial viability. Other projects include roads and expressways, international airports at Agra and Kushinagar, projects under DMIC & DFC, international level cricket stadium at Lucknow etc., all these projects will be amply showcased through theme based presentations at the Summit.
IIDC also shared that 300 entrepreneurs mainly from Gujarat and Maharashtra who have showed interest in the Auraiya Plastic city are also being invited to the CII Partnership Summit 2013 at Agra.
Joint Executive Director of Udyog Bandhu and Special Secretary, Industrial Development, Kaushal Raj Sharma informed that the special session on ‘Uttar Pradesh – The land of opportunities’ will be followed by U.P. specific parallel sessions focused on infrastructure, agriculture & food processing, and textiles & leather. Indian industrial giants like HCL, ABG, Jubilant Organosys, Jaypee, Reliance, L&T, Lanco, Samsung, etc. along with academia and domain experts of industry and economy are likely to be well represented during these sessions.
The State government and CII has prepared an elaborate plan and formed various committees to successfully organize this event with the principal aim of attracting investment and enterprises in Uttar Pradesh.
Seven plenary sessions will be held during the CII Partnership Summit 2013 on various topics, including "The Large Emerging Economies: New Growth Hubs of World", "The New Emerging Global Economic Order: Role of Developed Nations", "South Asia Economic Integration: On a New Path of Progress and Hope", "Rapidly Emerging Global Value Chains: Where Do Developing Economies Fit In", "RCEP: Towards Creating the World's Largest Trading Block", "India and Africa: Redefining Partnerships in the 21st Century", Rebuilding Global Economic Governance : Role of G 20 respectively.
Lucknow