Tokyo [Japan], January 24 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister, throughout his ongoing go to to Assam, held a number of engagements with prime Japanese officers, discussing the strengthening of Assam-Japan ties and alluring extra funding into his state.
Fukushiro Nukaga, Speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives hosted Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for a dinner at his residence, and the 2 leaders held discussions on a number of points together with the event of sports activities tourism services, knowledgeable an official assertion..
CM Sarma started Day 2 of his go to to the nation by providing tributes to the liberty fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the Indian Embassy. The Chief Minister recalled Netaji’s lasting legacy and unparalleled contributions to the liberty motion, remarking that his presence in Japan on this big day was a second of private honour.
The Assam CM later held separate conferences with Komura Masahiro, Japan’s State Minister of Justice and Furukawa Yasushi, Japan’s State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo to debate and deliberate on joint efforts to develop Assam’s tourism sector and the State’s plans to dedicate an unique Japanese industrial property.
The Chief Minister additionally held a gathering with Lekh Raj Juneja, CEO of Kameda Seika and invited him to benefit from Assam’s mature meals processing sector. From Tokyo, the Chief Minister travelled to Hiroshima to pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and the victims of the Hiroshima Nuclear bomb assault on the Hiroshima Peace Park, which he hailed as an emblem of Japanese resilience.
He additionally visited the Micron Memory Plant in Hiroshima, one of many main semiconductor gamers globally to take stock of their operations and had an interplay with their Vice President Joshua Lee, the assertion learn.
The Assam Chief Minister invited them to discover Assam’s Electronic City in Jagiroad and be part of the upcoming semiconductor ecosystem there. From Hiroshima, Sarma travelled to Osaka to participate within the 2nd Roadshow of the Japanese leg of his tour for selling Advantage Assam 2.0.
In attendance of over 80 enterprise leaders from Osaka, the Chief Minister highlighted Assam’s speedy strides in the direction of being the following financial powerhouse of India with robust assist from the Union Govt.
He highlighted how the State’s GSDP is about to the touch USD 85 billion subsequent 12 months and that the goal has been set to realize USD 143 billion GSDP by 2030.
The Chief Minister additionally touched upon how a USD 12 billion infrastructure upgradation plan is on the anvil within the state and a USD 4 billion in non-public investments has been secured in 2024. With a easy, efficient and customised coverage regime in place, traders can have their bases up and operating within the shortest doable time with the state’s assurance of offering all infrastructure and different services to complement their efforts.
He prolonged a heat welcome to all leaders to hitch the Advantage Assam Summit subsequent month. After his interplay with enterprise leaders, the Chief Minister held a gathering with Pravin Chaudhuri, Executive Officer and Head of India Business of Kansai Paints and invited him to discover alternatives in Assam’s quickly rising market.
CM Sarma concluded the day’s engagements by indulging in a gathering with Yusuke Kakimoto, Founder and CEO of Enrission India Capital which nurtures startups in collaboration with IITs. He invited the group to discover Assam’s startup ecosystem and prepare the founders, the assertion added.
Tomorrow, on the final day of his Japan go to, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has a bunch of conferences lined up with senior Govt representatives and trade leaders. (ANI)