- Thursday, February 27, 2025
The focus of the Indian politician’s UK visit is to invite investors and businesses to participate in the Global Investors Summit in Dehradun on December 8 and 9.
By: Shubham Ghosh
PUSHKAR Singh Dhami, chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Monday (25) received a traditional welcome from members of the diaspora from the state ahead of an investors’ roadshow in London where he has visited to pitch for the Global Investors Summit scheduled in state capital Dehradun in December.
Dhami, who is leading a four-day delegation to the UK, was received at the airport in London on Monday evening by India’s deputy high commissioner in London Sujit Ghosh. It was followed by a cultural gathering organised by community groups with their roots in Uttarakhand.
“I am heartened by the grand welcome with Garhwali, Kumaoni and Jaunsari folk songs extended to me by non-resident Indians from Uttarakhand,” Dhami, who hails from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by prime minister Narendra Modi, tweeted in Hindi.
लंदन पहुंचने पर प्रवासी उत्तराखण्ड के लोगों द्वारा पारंपरिक लोकगीतों के माध्यम से किए गए भव्य स्वागत से अभिभूत हूं। गढ़वाली, कुमाऊनी और जौनसार लोकगीतों पर आधारित मन को मोह लेने वाली प्रस्तुति से यह महसूस ही नहीं हुआ की विदेश की धरती पर हूं। बड़ी संख्या में अपने लोगों को देखकर ऐसा… pic.twitter.com/BwPHgGbNKU
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) September 26, 2023
#WATCH | London, UK: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami received a grand welcome as he arrived in London. pic.twitter.com/B3IUrbihGG
— ANI (@ANI) September 26, 2023
“I appealed to them to visit their state at least once a year and also got the chance to update them on the opportunities of religious tourism that Uttarakhand offers, besides its immense progress across the fields of health, education and employment,” the leader, who is in office since July 2021, said.
On Tuesday, the chief minister was set to interact with UK-based industry chiefs during a visit to the Indian high commission in London and a parliamentary visit before hosting an Investor Roundtable for the Uttarakhand Global Investor Summit 2023 at the Taj Hotel in London, where the delegation will highlight the favourable investment climate and collaborative opportunities on offer in the state for UK investors.
Double-digit employment growth in the last two decades, geographical proximity to capital New Delhi, abundant natural resources, high performing industrial parks, 10 per cent of India’s auto component production and a top pharmaceutical manufacturing state are among the factors to be flagged as the attractions of Uttarakhand for foreign investors.
After London, the delegation will take its roadshow to Birmingham on Wednesday (27), where a series of industrial and academic interactions are also scheduled.
On Thursday (28), the final day of the visit, discussions with representatives from European countries such as Spain and Germany are expected.
The focus of the UK visit is to invite investors and businesses to participate in the Global Investors Summit in Dehradun on December 8 and 9.
“Uttarakhand has chosen the path of development and prosperity and through this Investor’s Summit, we look forward to your partnership with the state in achieving the common goal,” said Dhami, in his statement on the summit.
“Uttarakhand has been rapidly transforming itself into an economic powerhouse. With an unbeatable combination of single-point clearances, competitive land prices, cheap power, highly skilled manpower, good law and order, and proximity to the National Capital Region, Uttarakhand has emerged as a preferred investment destination,” he said.
(With PTI inputs)
