Mumbai:
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has said
that the state assembly will soon pass a bill that will
not only enhance private investment in the infrastructure
projects but also speed up the industrial and economic
development of Maharashtra.
Inaugurating the
five-day exhibition-cum-seminar called Maha Index 03,
organised by the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce and Industry
here, Deshmukh said the share of Maharashtra in the countrys
total export was placed at 32 per cent by the end of 2002.
It is likely to go up to 50 per cent by 2005. This
is due to some encouraging policies that include a special
emphasis on the special economic zone, agri-export processing
zone, food-park, and special policies for grape processing
as well as biotechnology.
Even today
we are number one in Indias industrialisation and
we will maintain the numero uno status, but for that we
have to work hard and seminars like this will go in a
long way to boost the tempo of the trade and industry,
Deshmukh reassured.
The
state has received 10,448 investment proposals involving
investment of Rs 2,34,335 crore after the announcement
of liberalisation of the industrial policy. As far as
foreign direct investment (FDI) is concerned, Maharashtra
has got the highest FDI of Rs 49,233 crores by end-2002,
Deshmukh pointed out.
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