"The biggest challenge we face today is creating human resources and infrastructure it is for the industry to see that good human resources are created. It is your duty," Deshpande told a conference on creating next generation infrastructure at the ongoing Excon 2017 expo.
Stating that there are no jobs despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise of creating 2 crore jobs per year, he said automation, digitization and robotics have replaced humans in the manufacturing sector.
He urged the industry to invest in Karnataka, which, he said, is the pioneer in providing ease of doing business as long as early 2000.
"Infrastructure is the key for economic, social and human resources development. It's a priority area for my state. I urge you to invent, innovate, invest in Karnataka," Deshpande said.
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He also invited industrialists to his state and set up manufacturing units in an environment that is red-tape-free. Rao said as part of his government's industrial policy, entrepreneurs seeking to set up manufacturing facilities do not require government permission if their project is already compliant with the law of the land.
"Telengana today stands at number one in the Central government's index of ease of doing business," he added.
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