JAIPUR: The Rajasthan
government's session aimed at luring investments to the state went
completely off the track at the concluding day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
Instead of listing the investment opportunities existing in the state, senior ministers from the Ashok Gehlot government almost dedicated the session to countering what Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said earlier in the day to entice investors to his state.
The dismal performances by the state ministers annoyed the potential investors among the non-resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs) so much that they jeered these ministers and the session turned chaotic a couple of times. The situation turned so ugly towards the end of the session-that overshot its scheduled time because of the ministers' lengthy and off the track speeches-that the final speaker, urban development and housing minister Shanti Dhariwal had to ask the irritated participants to listen or leave the venue.
The NRI and PIO participants were put off as the ministers failed to succinctly tell them the investment opportunities available in the state. Chaos started during the presentation by the tourism department. When tourism minister Bina Kak asked the department's principal secretary Usha Sharma to make a power-point presentation, the officer read out a lengthy description of the tourism promotion works done in the state. Sharma, however, missed out listing the investment prospects available in the state's tourism sector.
"We want to know what are the investment opportunities available in this sector," an agitated youngster among the audiences got up to demand. He was joined by many others among the participants, asking the ministers to be brief and focused in outlining the investment avenues available in the state.
Energy minister Jitendra Singh, nonetheless, made the same mistake and gave another lengthy speech that was high on emotions and little on content about the investment opportunities available in the state's energy sector. "We have listed the investment attractions in the booklets provided to you," the minister said, to the astonishment of the audiences.
Industries minister Rajendra Pareek somewhat made up for his colleagues' faults. "We assure you time-bound clearance and accountability for all investment projects. We offer the single-window system to the investors," Pareek emphasised. But like Dhariwal and Singh, the industries ministers also could not restrain himself from countering Modi.
Earlier, principal secretary (industries) Sunil Arora mentioned how industrialists who invested in states like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh or from south Indian states were turning to Rajasthan considering its investor-friendly environment. Commissioner (investments and NRIs) Purushottam Agarwal talked about the new sectors where investments in the state would pay off. The ceramic, glass and automotive industries and the informati
Instead of listing the investment opportunities existing in the state, senior ministers from the Ashok Gehlot government almost dedicated the session to countering what Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said earlier in the day to entice investors to his state.
The dismal performances by the state ministers annoyed the potential investors among the non-resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs) so much that they jeered these ministers and the session turned chaotic a couple of times. The situation turned so ugly towards the end of the session-that overshot its scheduled time because of the ministers' lengthy and off the track speeches-that the final speaker, urban development and housing minister Shanti Dhariwal had to ask the irritated participants to listen or leave the venue.
The NRI and PIO participants were put off as the ministers failed to succinctly tell them the investment opportunities available in the state. Chaos started during the presentation by the tourism department. When tourism minister Bina Kak asked the department's principal secretary Usha Sharma to make a power-point presentation, the officer read out a lengthy description of the tourism promotion works done in the state. Sharma, however, missed out listing the investment prospects available in the state's tourism sector.
"We want to know what are the investment opportunities available in this sector," an agitated youngster among the audiences got up to demand. He was joined by many others among the participants, asking the ministers to be brief and focused in outlining the investment avenues available in the state.
Energy minister Jitendra Singh, nonetheless, made the same mistake and gave another lengthy speech that was high on emotions and little on content about the investment opportunities available in the state's energy sector. "We have listed the investment attractions in the booklets provided to you," the minister said, to the astonishment of the audiences.
Industries minister Rajendra Pareek somewhat made up for his colleagues' faults. "We assure you time-bound clearance and accountability for all investment projects. We offer the single-window system to the investors," Pareek emphasised. But like Dhariwal and Singh, the industries ministers also could not restrain himself from countering Modi.
Earlier, principal secretary (industries) Sunil Arora mentioned how industrialists who invested in states like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh or from south Indian states were turning to Rajasthan considering its investor-friendly environment. Commissioner (investments and NRIs) Purushottam Agarwal talked about the new sectors where investments in the state would pay off. The ceramic, glass and automotive industries and the informati
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