Naveen Pattnaik begins his Japan tour immediately: Odisha

In an effort to attract extra investments to Odisha, velocity up financial growth, and improve job creation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will set out on a week-long journey to Japan on Tuesday. This can be his third official abroad journey throughout his 23-year reign.

He departed this morning for Delhi to catch a flight to Tokyo; his return journey is scheduled for April 11 by way of Bangkok.

On April 11, Naveen is predicted to return to Odisha from Japan. Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik is answerable for a 35-member high-level group that may embody businesspeople and authorities officers.

Managing Director of IPICOL Bhupendar Poonia, Principal Secretary for Industries Hemant Sharma, Principal Secretary for E&IT Manoj Mishra, and Minister of Industries, MSME, and Power Pratap Keshari Deb can even be a part of the high-level delegation that Naveen can be main.

A CMO launch acknowledged that along with Secretary to CM (5T) V Okay Pandian and Particular Secretary to CM Vineel Krishna, the CM can be accompanied by a enterprise delegation from Odisha made up of representatives from a number of industries, together with these within the metal, aluminum, textiles, meals and seafood processing, inexperienced hydrogen, and inexperienced ammonia sectors. Naveen will go on a chartered flight from Bhubaneswar to Singapore after which on to Tokyo on Monday, whereas some workforce members left for Delhi on Sunday to catch the journey to Japan. Bangkok can be used for Naveen’s homecoming from Japan.

The CM-led group will meet one-on-one with potential buyers throughout their tour, host the Odisha Enterprise Meet Tokyo 2023, and take part in an interactive gathering with the Odia delegates in Japan. One of many international locations that partnered for the Made in Odisha (MIO) summits in 2018 and 2022 was Japan. The delegation, led by the CM, will spotlight the state’s funding potential and welcoming insurance policies to attract capital to industries together with meals processing, chemical substances, plastics, and petrochemicals, along with textiles, clothes, and tourism.

The delegation is scheduled to go to Kimitsu Metal Works and the R&D centre of Nippon Metal Company in an effort to discover alternatives for cooperation within the areas of ability growth and high-tech start-ups as Odisha seems to strengthen its ties with Japan in areas of sports activities and tourism promotion. The potential for working collectively to teach and develop athletes in Odisha can even be investigated. With a view to get hold of the data of Japanese coaches for the proposed development of a high-performance gymnastics centre on the Kalinga Stadium with coaching centres in Puri, Rourkela, and Jeypore, the state authorities is about to signal an MoU with Arcelor Mittal/Nippon Metal (AM/NS).

The press launch acknowledged {that a} roundtable dialogue in Kyoto can be deliberate to look at potential areas of tourism sector cooperation and partnership between Japan and Odisha, with an emphasis on Buddhism and ecotourism-related websites within the state. From April 4 to eight, Naveen will meet with main businessmen and buyers in Tokyo and Kyoto. In keeping with industries minister Pratap Keshari Deb, the chief minister will attend interactive discussions with the Odia folks in Japan, host the Odisha Enterprise Meet Tokyo 2023, and conduct one-on-one conferences with potential buyers.

Japan was a rustic companion on the Made in Odisha convention in 2022, and the Indian ambassador to Japan attended the plenary session and prolonged an invite to the Chief Minister to journey to Japan.