Big corporate houses like Reliance, Adani and central PSUs have promised investments of nearly Rs 6.89 lakh crore in Madhya Pradesh at the Global Investors Summit, which drew to a close today.
"Expressions of Interest (EOIs) by investors have touched Rs 6.89 lakh crore. I will not let it go at any cost. Within a month our team will get in touch with all of them who have shown investment interest.
"We have decided to attach one officer each with all serious investors," state's Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters at the closing of the event here.
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizer Ananth Kumar announced that the Centre will set up a Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) at a cost of Rs 1 lakh crore near the Bina petroleum refinery in Madhya Pradesh.
The state government received more than 3,160 EOIs in this year's summit.
The government claimed that investment worth over Rs 1.82 lakh crore were received after the last summit in 2012. The next summit will be held in Indore in 2016.
The Madya Pradesh government in a statement said PSU's have also shown interest in the state.
Their proposals include NTPC's Rs 24,000 crore in power plant project. Steel major SAIL has committed Rs 13,500 crore; Rs 22,000 crore in petroleum sector by BORL (Bharat Oman Refinery Ltd), Rs 12,000 crore in fertiliser plant by NFL and Rs 28,000 crore in mining segment by NMDC and NALCO.
The Chief Minister said the state government did not talk about 'Memorandum of Understanding' with interested investors, but rather presented Madhya Pradesh as a brand and good investment destination.
On PCPIR, Ananth Kumar at the valedictory function said, "There had been two meetings between me and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. At Bina refinery, between Gwalior and Bhopal... Government of India will set up a PCPIR.
"The PCPIR project cost will be Rs 1 lakh crore. This I would like to announce".
