Karnataka govt inks MoUs with 23 companies, to attract over Rs 28,000 crore investments
Bengaluru, Jul 15: The Karnataka government on Thursday announced signing MoUs with 23 companies spread across various sectors such as Electric Vehicles, data centres, aerospace and Defence to attract investments worth over Rs 28,000 crore and generate nearly 15,000 direct jobs.
It also said it intends to emerge as the number one investment destination in the coming years.
The MoUs were signed in the presence of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Large and Medium Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar among others.
According to an official release, some of the leading examples of todays "Invest Karnataka" event include- Rs 4,015 crores MoU with C4V, a leading US-based Li-ion cell manufacturer; Rs 5,000 crores MoU with Adani Data Centers to set up data centres in Karnataka, among others.
"Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 last year, Government of Karnataka has cleared more than 520 projects of industries with a total investment of Rs 77,000 crores spanning multiple sectors.
Additionally, there are proposals, and MoUs submitted worth Rs 23,000 crores, thus taking the total investment to Rs 1 lakh Crores," Yediyurappa said speaking at the event.
This marks the strong commitment of investors despite the challenging COVID-19 scenario to select Karnataka as an investment destination, he noted.
Despite the challenging pandemic situation in the country and across the world, Karnataka has garnered Rs 28,600 crore worth of investments in the last six months in the form of MoUs and investment proposals, the release said.
These investments are spread across sectors, with marquee global and Indian organizations expressing their interest to invest in the State.
"We want to retain Karnatakas position as a global manufacturing hub and place Karnataka on the global manufacturing value chain.
Hence, the Government of Karnataka has been actively working to promote tier-2 and tier-3 regions of the State by developing multiple sector-specific clusters," Shettar said.
We have developed dedicated clusters for Toys in Koppal, Consumer Electronics in Dharwad, Pharmaceuticals in Yadgir, to name a few, he added.
The Karnataka government has decided to host the Global Investors Meet (GIM) in Bengaluru from February 9 to 11 next year.
CM @BSYBJP today addressed the #InvestKarnatakaConclave & highlighted Govt's efforts to enhance EODB in the state. Having cleared 520 projects worth Rs.77,000 cr & proposals worth Rs.28,000 Cr in pipeline, Karnataka attracted investment worth Rs.1 Lakh Cr, since Mar 2020. pic.twitter.com/e0Nzw94d2r
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) July 15, 2021
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
