Haryana, Ontario sign MoU for improving economic ties

Haryana and the Province of Ontario in Canada today signed an MoU aimed at enhancing commercial ties across key sectors.
The MoU was signed by Managing Director, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd, Sudhir Rajpal and Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade, Helen Angus, in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne, and Premier of Prince Edward Island, Wade MacLauchlan.
The two sides decided to designate nodal agencies for timely and effective communication of matters of common interest, an official spokesman said.
Khattar said this was the first time that such nodal agencies have been designated.

He said that the Haryana government will be organising 'Happening Haryana Global Investors' Summit-2016' in Gurgaon on March 7 and 8 to attract investors to the state and extended an invitation to the Ontario premier for the meet.
Khattar said the agreement inked by the two sides would help facilitate knowledge transfer in areas such as museum development and cultural preservation.

Collaborations would be encouraged in the fields of knowledge transfer, education and skill development, start-up ecosystem, food processing, science and technology, low carbon development and aerospace, the chief minister said.
Under the MoU, domestic information seminars, 'or webinars', would be organised to create awareness and educate companies in Haryana and Ontario on doing business in each other's market.

The MoU also states that the Haryana and Ontario governments will coordinate on and lead trade missions with focus on priority sectors to help companies gain access to the partner market.