In a bid to promote business and get investment, Haryana organized ‘The India Korea Golf Meet’ at Gurugram on Friday where Trade & economic co-operation was discussed over a Game of Golf.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was the chief guest who assured the Korean investors of all support from the state government.
Addressing the participants of ‘The Meet’ at Gurugram, he said that Haryana is witnessing plethora of expression of investments interests coming from Korean companies, hence it becomes all the more important for Haryana to maintain this healthy relationship.
Khattar expressed his gratitude towards Korean investors for reposing their faith in Haryana and sought continued preference and investments from them for the State.
He said that to make Haryana land of another industrial revolution, number of reforms have been unleashed. Haryana ranks first in North India and third in the Country in “Ease of Doing Business” in the ranking conducted by World Bank.
“Red tapism has been replaced by red carpet and industries are being provided facilitation in all possible way. Haryana’s Single Window System to provide industrial clearances have been recognized as one of the best system in India”, the Chief Minister said.
"Haryana is bursting with opportunities in sectors such as IT/ITES, Agro and food processing, healthcare and medical education, skill development, electronics hardware manufacturing, textile and apparel, defense and aerospace, mass rapid transport," Khattar added.He said that Golf is supposed to be a game of precision and same precision is required in making the investment decision, a precise and well balanced decision help firm to grow leap and bounds.
The chief minister said Haryana hosts numerous multinational companies of Korea such as Hyndai, Lotte, Doosan Power, Samsung etc and about 3000 Koreans have found here a home away from home. “Korea has played a very significant role in strengthening the industrial eco-system of Haryana and established us as an automobile hub of the country”, said Khattar.
Earlier, Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Haryana for Industries and Commerce, Devender Singh said that this is first ever event in Haryana to discuss business over game of Golf, the game popular with the Koreans. He hoped that this engagement will go a long way in strengthening the relations between Haryana and Korea.
H C Jeong from Korean International Trade Association (KITA) said that it is not like usual seminars. "Presently there are 700 Korean Companies are operating in India and by 2030, India will be home for 2000 Korean Companies. This shows that we love India and expect vice versa”, Jeong added
