Uttarakhand Chief Minister Lures Investors In The UK, Signs LoI Worth Over Rs 3000 Cr

The youngest chief minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami with his army of key bureaucrats visited the United Kingdom to woo investors for the state’s Global Investors Summit scheduled in December 2023 in partnership with CII. Dhami met captains of industry at two major roadshows in London and Birmingham. Dhami during his three-day visit chose to address himself as Pratham Sewak of the state a la PM Modi who calls himself Pradhan Sewak. This resonated well with the UK audience. Dhami supplemented his state’s Director General of Industries, Rohit Meena’s detailed presentation with his views and became emotional sometimes. Uttarakhand’s state secretary Dr Meenakshi Sundaram, secretary of industries Vinay Pandey, and Meena gave an elaborate presentation that highlighted how the state which attracts over 65 million tourists annually has achieved double-digit growth, and how under Dhami the state had revised 27 policies in three months to ensure ease of doing business. Surely, investors were impressed as Dhami signed a Letter of Intent worth Rs 3,000 crore with Usha Breco and Proma. Dhami’s has set up an ambitious target of Rs 2.5 lakh crore as MoU’s target. The feedback from Dhami’s team indicates that the education and services sectors from the UK are keen to invest. Besides, there are plans of building skiing resorts in the state, and with the existing airport at Pantnagar being improvised and new international airports planned there and at Dehradun, things can only look up.