Jammu and
Kashmir, February 26, 2022: To catalyse investments in sectors contributing
towards economic growth, employment creation, trade opportunities and growth in
GDP in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) was signed in the presence of Mr. Ranjan Prakash Thakur, Principal
Secretary to the Government, Industries & Commerce Department between Jammu
and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) on behalf on Industries &
Commerce Department and Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir Economic Growth and
Development Dialogue (LEAD) by Ms. Ankita Kar (IRAS), Managing Director, JKTPO
and Mr. Sunil Shah, Director, LEAD.
The MoU has
been signed in order to showcase the sector-wise opportunities in the UT of
Jammu & Kashmir to the potential investors and to drive sector-specific
investments from different stakeholders.
The MoU aims
at Programme facilitation for multiple sectors of Agriculture, Textile,
Handicraft, Pharmaceuticals, Rural Development, IT, ITeS, Food Processing,
Dairy Product, Engineering and Machine tools etc., to gain wide scope &
traction among influencer bodies from different states; among others and to
make the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir attractive to invest in.
(Deliverables – Physical, Virtual or Hybrid webinars / seminars with investors
of different states, other industry bodies etc.).
From LEAD Mr.
Surinder Mohan Gupta, Mr. Sat Sharma, Mr. Harinder Gupta, Mr. Rajesh Gupta and
Mr. Rajiv Gupta were also present on the occasion.