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PANJIM: Assuring ease of doing business in Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, on Monday invited defence equipment manufacturers to the State to set up units.
Already in for flak from the opposition over the Investment Promotion Board (IPB), Parsekar, speaking at the inaugural ceremony of 9th DefExpo, boasted of the IPB in his bid to lure manufacturers to the State.
He said Goa is an industrially advanced State and there have been many steps taken by the government to enhance the ease of doing business in the State.
“Goa is one of the fastest growing and industrially advanced States in the country. We have significant presence of several public and private sector manufacturing facilities in defence as well as aerospace,” Parsekar said
“My government has ensured ease of doing business by creating an Investment Promotion Board which acts as a single window for all types of industries,” he added.
“I would like to take this opportunity to invite defence manufacturing companies from across India and the world to come and set up shop in Goa under Make in India programme, a flagship mission envisioned by the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi),” he said.
Parsekar said the Defence Expo will motivate Goan youth to join the armed forces. “It will benefit Goan students, engineers and people as a whole, acquainting them with modern day warfare,” he said.
Parsekar welcomed the delegates from all over the world and hoped that an exhibition of this scale should give adequate stimulus to the local economy.
