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Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas exhibition opens in Chennai
Chennai:
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi today
invited NRI investors to invest in India, assuring them
that the Indian economy is poised to grow despite global
economic crisis. He also assured them that problems, if
any, related to investments by the Persons of Indian Origin
(PIOs) in the country would be sorted out and all bottlenecks
removed.
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Union
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Parliamentary
Affairs Vayalar Ravi and Minister of State for Parliamentary
Affairs and Planning V Narayanasamy at the Chhattisgarh
Information Stall along with a traditional musician,
at the Chennai Trade Centre, the venue of the Pravasi
Bharatiya Diwas, on January 7, 2009.
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Speaking
on the sidelines of the first day of Pravasi Bhartiya
Divas in Chennai today, he said, the Prime Minister’s
recent announcement of a stimulus package to rekindle
the economy would help the country to tide over the crisis.
The Minister said India continues to enjoy the confidence
of global investors and it retains its position as an
attractive destination for foreign direct investments.
He said the government is paying special attention to
the promotion of language and culture which are the major
roots for the NRIs and PIOs. The Minister of State for
Parliamentary Affairs and Planning, Mr. V. Narayanasamy,
who inaugurated the exhibition, said that the interests
of NRIs and PIOs will be protected through various steps
which are being put in place by the Government. Replying
to a question on reports of violence against women by
their NRI husbands, he said that a special session has
been organized in this conference to find the ways and
means of checking the trend.
Over
70 establishments including various Central and State
Departments, Financial Institutions, Health, Hospitality,
Telecom, Handicrafts, Plantation, Telecom and Media Industries
showcase their products and services being offered by
them. State pavilions strive to attract potential investors
to their states by way of portraying various incentives
and facilities they offer to them. Banks depict their
services to both the domestic and overseas Indians. The
health industry in the country that has emerged as one
of the promising sectors in the country by way of attracting
people from all over the world for quality medical treatment,
try to promote their services through showcasing all the
facilities they boast of in their hospitals. Non-Governmental
Organizations also utilize the exhibition to promote their
activities across the globe. The exhibition is open for
visitors till the end of the mega annual event for overseas
Indians and people of Indian origin. The exhibition is
open for visitors till the end of the mega annual event
for overseas Indians and people of Indian origin.
-Jan 7, 2009
