Punjab constitute 'High Powered Investment Committee' to boost foreign investment
Punjab Government has constituted a 'Punjab High Powered Investment Committee' (HPIC) to encourage NRIs for investing in the state.
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has constituted a 'Punjab High Powered Investment Committee' (HPIC) to encourage NRIs for investing in the state. The decision to form the committee was taken during a meeting presided over by NRI Affairs Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi.
Disclosing this here today, Rana Sodhi said that it was decided after the Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh has suggested to constitute a committee to persuade NRIs for investing in the industrial and other sectors in the state and to facilitate investment process for them.
Rana Sodhi said that the Additional Chief Secretary, NRI Affairs Kirpa Shankar Saroj would be the Chairman of the Committee, while CEO Invest Punjab Rajat Agarwal will be the Vice Chairman and Special Secretary, NRI Affairs D.P.S. Kharbanda would be the Member Secretary of the HPIC.
The Minister said that these honorary coordinators would motivate more and more NRIs/companies from their respective countries to invest in the state of Punjab and to coordinate with the Invest Punjab team and various departments to continuously work for encouraging investment.