‘Karnataka government won’t focus only on Bengaluru’
The Hindu
Minister for Heavy and Medium Industries Murugesh Nirani says pro-business atmosphere will be created in the entire State
“The global investors’ meet in Bengaluru, scheduled in the third week of November, is expected to attract over ₹10 lakh crore in investments and create over 10 lakh jobs,” Minister for Heavy and Medium Industries Murugesh Nirani said in Belagavi on September 29. “The government is committed to creating a pro-business atmosphere in Karnataka. We will not concentrate only on Bengaluru, but on the whole State.”
The State government will implement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of ‘one district – one product’ in the right spirit. “This will help promote the growth of one crop in a district and create facilities for its processing, storage, transport and export,” he said.

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