The recently held Invest Haryana Roadshow, which was held in Dubai, UAE, drew a warm response from the business community. The event, under the chairmanship of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, focused on promoting Haryana as a leading investment destination.
Along with other bodies, the World Trade Centre (WTC) Noida was one of the participants in the event. The WTC Noida comprises independent and diversified businesses. It has significant strengths in the portfolio management and real estate development space, besides start-up and venture capital segments. Having delivered successfully in the public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements with the Mobile Open Exchange (MOX) of the Uttar Pradesh government, it is now poised to play an essential role with the Haryana government commencing with its joint initiative with Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC). The WTC Noida aims to encourage business opportunities and amplify investments in the Haryana region, especially in Faridabad by both domestic and international investors.
With a legacy of 50-plus years of stimulating trade and investment opportunities across 314 cities in 92 counties, the WTCs across the globe have been the preferred business address amongst the business and trade community.
In his address, Khattar spoke about different initiatives such as sector-focused investor-friendly policies, geographic information system (GIS)-enabled land bank, investor facilitation cell, single-roof clearance mechanism, time-bound delivery of services and grievance redressal system, among others, which have been undertaken by the state to emerge as a leading destination of choice for investors and to create a seamless business environment. He spoke about his vision of developing the state with an intensive focus on modern technology fields, future-oriented industries, low-carbon green infrastructure, and ease of living.
Further, he stressed on the special relationship between the UAE and India, both from the economic and cultural perspective. The UAE-based investment community was invited to invest in the different projects of the state and further build long-lasting bonds on the seeds of trust and cooperation.
In the presentation during the event, it was highlighted how Haryana with its unique strategic locational advantage, robust industrial infrastructure of 34 industrial model townships and industrial estates spread over 28,540 acres, strong connectivity, robust policy frameworks and a large pool of skilled manpower, has emerged as one of India’s most industrialised states. It has emerged as a leader in the automobile, IT/ITeS, electronics, food processing, logistics, and textile sectors.
The key mega projects of the state government such as Global City, a mixed land use township being developed over an area of 1,080 acres in Gurugram, is set to redefine the concept of urban development and what cities of the future shall look like.
With its sustainability-focused, future-oriented infrastructure planning and design, the integrated multi-modal logistics hub being developed over 886 acres at Nangal Chaudhary, will provide efficient, end-to-end logistics services to the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and facilitate economic activity between the National Capital Region (NCR), northern states and the Mumbai port.
On the other hand, the integrated aviation hub being developed at Hisar is spread over 7,200 acres.
Similarly, the integrated manufacturing cluster is being developed over an area of 300 acres in the vicinity of the aviation hub. In addition, the electronics manufacturing cluster (EMC), which is being established at IMT Sohna, were some of the projects highlighted at the event. Different opportunities available for investment in the industrial estates and sector-specific clusters such as food parks were also promoted.
