Uttarakhand government signs MoUs worth ₹10,150 crore at Chennai roadshow
The Hindu
Uttarakhand CM Dhami signs MoUs worth ₹10,150 crore in Chennai roadshow ahead of GIM. Invites industrial groups to attend GIM in Dehradun on Dec 8-9. State amended 30 policies to make it investor-friendly with 'Peace to Prosperity' mantra.
Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) for investments in Uttarakhand worth ₹10,150 crore were signed during the roadshow the State organised in Chennai on Thursday ahead of its Global Investors Meet (GIM), a release by the Uttarakhand government said.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who took part in the roadshow, said Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand were spiritually connected due to the presence of pilgrimage sites like Rameshwaram, Kedarnath, and Adi Kailash.
A press release said the MoUs signed covered healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, and education sectors, the release added. Mr. Dhami, who met with the representatives of various industrial groups, invited them to attend the GIM to be organised in Dehradun on December 8 and 9. He said Uttarakhand was being made investment friendly with the ‘mantra’ of ‘Peace to Prosperity,’ which is also the theme for the GIM. He pointed out that over 30 policies had been amended in the last few months to make the State investor friendly.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.