Global Investment Summit set to begin in Jharkhand

Ambassadors of Japan, Korea, Mangolia, Tunisia and Czech Republic have reached Ranchi ahead of Friday’s two-day Global Investment Summit in Ranchi, a senior government official said on Thursday.

Ministers and industrialists would come on Friday morning for the inaugural session.

Union ministers coming to the two-day summit are - Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is the Chief Guest, Urban Development Minister Venkaih Naidu, Power Minister Piyush Goyal, Textile Minister Smriti Irani, Road Transport & Highways, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudi.

The Minister of state for Aviation Jayant Sinha and Minister of State for Agriculture and Family Welfare are also among the list of dignitaries coming for the ‘Momentum Jharkhand.’

More than 9524 delegates have registered for the two-day summit, being organised at Khelgaon.

The inaugural session of the summit will commence at 10 am on Friday and will conclude with the valedictory session at 4 pm on February 17.

Friday’s sectoral sessions are on infrastructure development, Make in Jharkhand Urban Development & Smart city and Mining & Mineral Development.

On the 17^th the sectoral sessions will be on IT/ITeS, ESDM & Start-ups, high education & healthcare, agro & food processing and textile & footwear.