Uttarakhand realizes Rs 35,000 cr investment pledged in 2018

Dehradun, Sept 8 (KNN) The Uttarakhand government has realized Rs 35,000 crore worth investment which were promised during the State Investors’ Summit in 2018.

The state government felicitated 67 big and small industrialists who have started manufacturing in the state in the last two years, reported The Indian Express.

Addressing an Investors’ Felicitation Ceremony on Tuesday Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami referred the investors as the state’s new brand ambassadors who have taken the state to a new height in industrial development.

He said that apart from being known as the land of yoga, spirituality and Ayush, Uttarakhand is progressing towards industrial development.

The Industries Department officials who had organized the event noted that more than 600 projects in the state have received investments worth Rs 35,000 crore, and the government has pledged to generate 89,000 jobs in future, according to the report. 

Since January 2020 the production has started in projects worth Rs 15,000 crore.  (KNN Bureau)