Modi to inaugurate Vibrant Gujarat Summit: Anandiben
29 Aug 2014 5:06 AM IST
Prime minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the seventh edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, an event he conceptualised as the chief minister to attract global investors to the state. The Prime Minister’s Office ‘has kindly consented for the presence of the honourable PM at the inauguration’, Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel said at the curtain-raiser event of the summit here on Wednesday.
The biennial event will be held between 11 January and 13 January, 2015 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Patel also extended invitations to more than 1,000 industrialists, diplomats, captains of Indian Industry and other Indian states to partner and participate in the summit. With Gujarat contributing 7.5 per cent of the country’s GDP, the chief minister hoped to have a bigger role for her state in the Indian economy. ‘Today Gujarat accounts for more than 7.5 per cent of India’s GDP, 18 per cent of India’s fixed capital and 25 per cent of India’s exports. Gujarat is thus playing a big role in the Indian growth story.
The biennial event will be held between 11 January and 13 January, 2015 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Patel also extended invitations to more than 1,000 industrialists, diplomats, captains of Indian Industry and other Indian states to partner and participate in the summit. With Gujarat contributing 7.5 per cent of the country’s GDP, the chief minister hoped to have a bigger role for her state in the Indian economy. ‘Today Gujarat accounts for more than 7.5 per cent of India’s GDP, 18 per cent of India’s fixed capital and 25 per cent of India’s exports. Gujarat is thus playing a big role in the Indian growth story.
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